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FAO: It is necessary to reach Zero Hunger within Asia and the Pacific
27.06.2019 14:11 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of this week, the 41st Session of the FAO Conference (Jun 2229) goes on within Rome (Italy), FAO reports.
As to the report, on the Conference sidelines, an event «On the road to Zero Hunger in Asia and the Pacific» has taken place.
While speaking within the event, the FAO Member Countries’ representatives and the FAO officials stressed now the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger has slowed within Asia and the Pacific, despite strong economic advances, and highlighting the need for concerted policy actions to tackle the complex nature of challenges ahead. The event participants explored obstacles such as urbanization, inequality, obesity and natural disasters.
«Asia has always been the biggest region for FAO, in terms of people and land and the number of malnourished people,» said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. «There have been large reductions in poverty and hunger in China, but unfortunately this progress has not been followed by all big countries,» he added.
As to the report, he also warned that rising rates of obesity in Pacific Island states are linked to local people shifting from eating traditional healthy foods such as taro and local fruits and vegetables to instead consuming cheap imports such as chips and other artificial foods. Such malnutrition obesity and hunger are «two sides of the same coin,» Graziano da Silva said.
As to the report, another speaker, Ram Kumari Chaudhari, Nepal State Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Development, said technology and innovation have offered «good and needed» opportunities for food and agriculture systems, although «we need to consider how these things can actually benefit smallholders and those in remote areas».
Upon whole, action on multiple accelerators, including political will, gender equality, innovation, better data, the private sector and partnerships are «pre-requisites for achieving measurable progress against hunger and malnutrition,» Kadiresan summed up.
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