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Press release Establishment of the Ireland-Africa Rural Development Committee and the Appointment of Mr Tom Arnold as the Government’s Special Envoy on Food Systems The Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee Today, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Charlie McConalogue T.D., and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (DFA), Simon Coveney T.D., announced the first step in the implementation of key recommendations from the National Task Team on Rural Africaâ...

Credit: International Center for Equity in Health The Lancet today published the latest Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress, including three new papers that build upon findings from the previous 2008 and 2013 Series, which established an evidence-based global agenda for tackling undernutrition over the past decade. The papers conclude that despite modest progress in some areas, maternal and child undernutrition remains a major global health concern, particularly as recent gains...

The Lancet today published the latest Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition Progress, including three new papers that build upon findings from the previous 2008 and 2013 Series, which established an evidence-based global agenda for tackling undernutrition over the past decade.

Article – UN Department of Global Communications Awake at Night Podcast: Finding the Thing you Love UN Under-Secretary for Global Communications Melissa Fleming speaks to Agnes Kalibata, the Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit , about her journey as a woman leader from growing up … UN Under-Secretary for Global Communications Melissa Fleming speaks to Agnes Kalibata, the Special Envoy to the 2021 Food Systems Summit, about her journey as a woman leader – from growing up as a ...

Pope Francis, who is on a historic trip to Iraq, once said, “Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.” This statement needs serious thinking, especially in the light of a UN report

Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns  Unsplash/Sanjog Timsina | More than 900 million tonnes of food is thrown away every year. [Image posted here from UN News] Nairobi/Paris, 4 March 2021 (UNEP)* – An estimated 931 million tonnes of food, or 17% of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into the waste bins of households, retailers, restaurants and other food services, according to new UN research conducted to support global efforts to halve food w...

English News and Press Release on World about Climate Change and Environment, Food and Nutrition and Epidemic; published on 04 Mar 2021 by UNEP

The alarming figure was announced in the UN's Food Waste Index Report, which makes for sobering reading for businesses and governments alike.

More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030.Produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and partner organisation WRAP, the Food Waste Index Report 2021, reveals that between food wa ..

More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030.