With the world’s population predicted to reach 9-billion by 2050, we collectively face a dual challenge: ensuring that everyone will have access to affordable, nutritious food without decimating the earth’s natural resources in the process.
This is easier said than done. Our current food system is dysfunctional in its effect on people and the planet. Unless we change course, we will fail to meet the challenge of feeding the world without destroying the planet.
Today, millions do not have enough to eat and billions lack the right nutrients to be healthy. The United Nations’ (UN’s) food organisations — the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) — have just published their annual 2014 report on global food insecurity. Their report highlights that despite some evidence of progress, 805-million people, or one in nine people, still suffer from hunger. READ MORE
Source: www.bdlive.co.za
#agbizsa
No comments:
Post a Comment