Africa’s food ‘transformation’ impossible without game changing solutions: FAO

Africa’s food ‘transformation’ impossible without game changing solutions: FAO

Those were some of the takeaways from a high-level special event held on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment on Africa’s food sovereignty and resilience, organized by the Interdepartmental Task Force on African Affairs (IDTFAA). Representatives from governments, the UN, the African Union and others, exchanged views on how to seize momentum…

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Global food systems ‘broken’, says UN chief, urging transformation in how we produce, consume food

Global food systems ‘broken’, says UN chief, urging transformation in how we produce, consume food

Addressing the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment, in Rome, Mr. Guterres said that in a world of plenty, “it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger.” Broken system “Global food systems are broken – and billions of people are paying the price.” According to UN estimates, over 780 million…

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LDC5: UN conference calls for more inclusive and fair digital transformation in world’s least developed countries

LDC5: UN conference calls for more inclusive and fair digital transformation in world’s least developed countries

On Monday at the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), a series of roundtable discussions saw global leaders, ci confront two of the most fundamental hurdles facing LDCs: how to make better use of science, technology and innovation (STI), and how to promote structural transformations that can help overcome the real impediments…

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