Much more investment needed to reverse the rise in hunger
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Publisher | Milling & Grain |
Year of publication | 2018 January |
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Medium | Digital |
Edition | 1 |
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Scope & content | The recent increase in the number of hungry people in the world requires immediate action to reverse this situation, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told members of the FAO Council on December 4, 2017. He commented, “The most important thing to do now is to build the resilience of poor people to face the impacts of conflicts and climate change,” making sure that humanitarian assistance is combined with development actions to chart a course towards the eradication of hunger by 2030.” Mr da Silva continued, “This basically means new investments - I would say much more investments - from the public but also the private sector.”…Read more. |