José Graziano da Silva, former Director-General of the FAO and Maximo Torero Cullen write:
While hunger remains a scourge, a more complex nutrition problem is looming ever larger.
An estimated 820 million people or 11% of those alive today, suffer from chronic undernourishment. But the number of obese people in the world …
Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva has said the world must adopt a new approach that incorporate re-positioning food systems from feeding people to nourishing people.
He was speaking at University of California Law School (UCLA Law School) recently during his lecture titled ‘A Global Perspective on Regulating …
The world bears the triple burden of malnutrition: hunger; undernutrition due to insufficient intake of vitamins and minerals; and obesity due to unhealthy diets. Feeding people well is as important as feeding people enough; shaping food systems to deliver safe, nutritious and sustainable food should be a priority. Interventions …
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