Speaking at the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in Rome, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed announced the launch of a new initiative to tackle investments in food systems.
In 2022, as many as 783 million people in the world faced hunger, with women and people living in rural areas disproportionately food insecure. Our food systems are failing to deliver food security. It is clear that to change this situation, we need trust and collective action.
UN teams on the ground have been working with local and national partners to strengthen food security, support agricultural adaption and take small but significant steps to keep the commitments to a food systems transformation alive.
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'Malala keeps daring us to imagine: to imagine a world with less intolerance, more understanding and respect. A world of less hate and more humanity. A world of less bigotry and more equality. A world of less ignorance, and more education and knowledge,' said UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
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