{"id":12789,"date":"2021-11-27T01:34:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=12789"},"modified":"2021-11-29T01:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T09:39:20","slug":"one-billion-more-people-could-join-the-ranks-of-those-already-unable-to-afford-healthy-diet-un-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=12789","title":{"rendered":"“One billion more people could join the ranks of those already unable to afford healthy diet”, UN News"},"content":{"rendered":"

23 November 2021, Rome<\/span><\/p>\n

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Approximately\u00a0three\u00a0billion people<\/a>, almost 40\u00a0per cent\u00a0of the world\u2019s population,\u00a0cannot afford a healthy diet\u00a0and\u00a0another one\u00a0billion people could\u00a0join their ranks\u00a0should\u00a0further unpredictable events\u00a0reduce incomes by one-third, the UN food agency said, launching a\u00a0new report\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019s (FAO<\/a>)\u00a02021\u00a0State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA)<\/a>\u00a0report\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Making\u00a0agrifood\u00a0systems more resilient to\u00a0shocks and stresses<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0states that, without proper preparation, unpredictable\u00a0shocks will continue to undermine these systems.<\/p>\n

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The report defines shocks as short-term events that have negative effects on a system, people\u2019s well-being, assets, livelihoods, safety and ability to withstand future shocks.<\/p>\n

More resilience<\/h2>\n

FAO<\/a>\u00a0stressed\u00a0the need for\u00a0countries\u00a0to\u00a0make their systems more resilient to sudden shocks,\u00a0like the COVID-19<\/a> pandemic, which played a\u00a0large\u00a0part in the latest global hunger\u00a0surge.<\/p>\n

At\u00a0the\u00a0virtual\u00a0launch\u00a0event, FAO Director-General,\u00a0QU\u00a0Dongyu, said,\u00a0\u201cthe pandemic highlighted both the resilience and the weakness of our\u00a0agrifood\u00a0systems\u201d.<\/p>\n

Agrifood\u00a0systems\u00a0–\u00a0the web of activities involved in the production of food and non-food agricultural products\u00a0and\u00a0their storage, processing, transportation, distribution and consumption –\u00a0produce 11 billion tonnes of food a year and employ billions of people, directly or indirectly.<\/p>\n

The UN agency\u00a0underscored\u00a0the urgency of strengthening their capacity to endure shocks, including\u00a0extreme weather events and surges in plant and animal diseases and pests.<\/p>\n

While food production and supply chains have historically been vulnerable to climate extremes, armed conflicts or increases in global food prices,\u00a0the frequency and severity of\u00a0these\u00a0shocks\u00a0are\u00a0on the rise.<\/p>\n

Concrete action<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Moreover,\u00a0a disruption to critical transport links could push food prices up for some 845 million people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The report\u00a0includes\u00a0country-level indicators in\u00a0over\u00a0one\u00a0hundred\u00a0Member States, by\u00a0analyzing\u00a0factors such as transport networks, trade flows and the availability of healthy and varied diets.<\/p>\n

While low-income countries generally face much\u00a0greater\u00a0challenges, middle-income countries are also at risk.<\/p>\n

In Brazil, for example, 60 per\u00a0cent of the country\u2019s export value comes from just one trading partner<\/strong>,\u00a0narrowing\u00a0its\u00a0options\u00a0should\u00a0a shock hit\u00a0that\u00a0partner country.<\/p>\n

Even high-income countries,\u00a0such as Australia and Canada,\u00a0are at risk because of the long distances involved in the distribution of food.<\/p>\n

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Recommendations<\/h2>\n

Based on the evidence\u00a0in\u00a0the report, FAO\u00a0makes a series of recommendations.<\/p>\n

The key\u00a0is diversification\u00a0\u2013\u00a0of\u00a0actors,\u00a0input sources, production, markets\u00a0and\u00a0supply chains\u00a0\u2013\u00a0to\u00a0create multiple pathways for absorbing shocks.<\/p>\n

Supporting the development of small and medium\u00a0agrifood\u00a0enterprises\u00a0and\u00a0cooperatives\u00a0would also\u00a0help maintain diversity in domestic value chains.<\/p>\n

Another key factor is connectivity. Well-connected networks overcome disruptions faster by shifting sources of supply and channels for transport, marketing, inputs and labour.<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0improving\u00a0the resilience of vulnerable households is critical to ensure a world free from hunger. This can be done\u00a0by improving\u00a0access to assets, diversified\u00a0income\u00a0sources and social protection programmes.<\/p>\n

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23 November 2021, Rome Approximately\u00a0three\u00a0billion people, almost 40\u00a0per cent\u00a0of the world\u2019s population,\u00a0cannot afford a healthy diet\u00a0and\u00a0another one\u00a0billion people could\u00a0join their ranks\u00a0should\u00a0further unpredictable events\u00a0reduce incomes by one-third, the UN food agency said, launching a\u00a0new report\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday. The Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019s (FAO)\u00a02021\u00a0State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA)\u00a0report\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Making\u00a0agrifood\u00a0systems more resilient to\u00a0shocks and stresses\u00a0\u2013\u00a0states that, without proper preparation, unpredictable\u00a0shocks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12789"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12791,"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789\/revisions\/12791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}