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FAO demonstrates its innovative solutions for Zero Hunger at Seeds&Chips Summit
07.05.2019 19:47 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of this week, the Seeds and Chips Global Food Innovation Summit is taking place within Milano, Italy (May 6 9), FAO reports.
While speaking within the Summit, FAO Deputy Director-General for Climate and Natural Resources Maria Helena Semedo has said the agricultural innovation can have a pivotal role in creating a world free of hunger.
«Agricultural innovation is a lynchpin that can radically transform food systems, provide agri-preneurship opportunities and jobs for youth and rural women, and boost national economic growth,» she said.
As to the report, Semedo also stressed the need to move to more sustainable agriculture food systems by changing how we grow, share, prepare and consume our food, calling on governments to establish rules and standards to promote healthy and nutritious foods.
«The world needs a global pact against obesity that embraces traditional and local foods. Adopting global healthy diet standards would also curb the proliferation of poor diets that have seeped into our modern lifestyles,» Semedo stressed.
As to the report, Semedo especially lauded the important role of family farmers who, though often poor and food insecure, produce over 80% of the world food and manage three-quarters of the planet natural resources. FAO is drawing attention to their critical role within feeding the world as it prepares to launch the UN Decade of Family Farming later this month.
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