Central Asia and Asia-Pacific region Institutions call for urgent change in prevailing Yield-for Immediate-profit structure of Agriculture
Hyderabad, Jun 2 (UNI) Farmer collectives, research, policy and advocacy institutions in Central Asia and Asia-Pacific region at the regional consultation organized by Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) in Bangkok, called for an urgent change to the prevailing yield-for-immediate-profit structure of agriculture.
Aiming to improve recognition of such foods by multiple stakeholders in agriculture, the conference on ‘forgotten foods’ held online recently, witnessed by 250 representatives from Agriculture and related areas from around the world, said International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in a release here on Wednesday.
Reflections on UN Food Systems Summit progress to date
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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 fast due to COVID-19) while sustainably operating within planetary boundaries. He asked Dr. Agnes Kalibata to be the Special Envoy for the Summit.