Systems Pre Summit News Today

Humanity has developed incredible technologies and processes to produce enough food on the planet to feed the entire population. From the Green Revolution to the digitalization of agriculture, the technologies developed have aimed to boost food production across the globe. Yet, the release of the 2021 “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” […]

In recent years, livestock production and consumption have been unfair

Minister McConalogue marks World Food Day 2021

Page Not Found | ZAWYA MENA Edition

) //write out tooltip DIV document.write( ) //write out pointer image var ie=document.all var ns6=document.getElementById && !document.all var enabletip=false if (ie||ns6) var tipobj=document.all? document.all["dhtmltooltip"] : document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dhtmltooltip") : "" var pointerobj=document.all? document.all["dhtmlpointer"] : document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dhtmlpointer") : "" function ietruebody() { return (document.compatMode && document.compat...

FILE - JUNE 2021, UGANDA 22 JULY 2021, ROME ITALY 10.Wide shot, IFAD Headquarters 12.SOUNDBITE (English) Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD): “If we ignore the challenges and needs of rural people in the world’s poorest countries, our attempts to create more equitable and sustainable food systems are doomed to fail. Let’s be frank” 13.Close up, IFAD logo 14.SOUNDBITE (English) Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultura...

Virtual 25 Jul 2021 - 27 Jul 2021RegisterBecome a Sponsor A UN Food Systems Pre-Summit event exploring game-changing policy, research and investment actions for a thriving food systems future with aquatic foods.  Date: Monday-Wednesday, 26-28 July 2021  Stay tuned for the registration link  Across the world, aquatic foods are essential to local diets, food production and cultures. For many in low- and middle-income countries, the production, processing, trade and consumption of aquati...

Quoting both Pope Francis and his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the Vatican’s point man on human development defined hunger as “criminal” and access to food as an “an inalienable right” during an online seminar Monday.

Daily Monitor Saturday May 15 2021 Women seen harvesting greens in Amudat, northern Uganda on an unspecified date. The area bordering Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia has witnessed inter-ethnic strife and drought in years past. PHOTO/AFP Summary The agriculture sector in Africa (excluding North Africa) is expected to need eight times more fertiliser and six times more seed than it currently uses in order to fulfil its yield and production potential. Advertisement As African leaders spok...

Reflections on UN Food Systems Summit progress to date Share on London, 3 May 2021 -  So, we are 13 weeks away from the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit, hosted by the Government of Italy in July.  How are things going?     First, some basics if you are new to this: UN Secretary General Guterres has called a Summit in September of all UN member states to address how to make food systems better able to tackling global hunger and malnutrition (static or on the rise prior to COVID and now rising fa...