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Latina America, Caribbean ‘must stage up’ to tackle rising hunger: FAO

According to the UN agency, among 2019 and 2021, the amount of people who went hungry in the area increased by 30 per cent , in order to 56. 5 million.   Additionally , all States should cooperate to confront the climate crisis and the erosion associated with biodiversity, deforestation and water scarcity, the FAO Director-General maintained.  

Decade’s progress at risk 

Persistent poverty and rising inequalities influence rural populations hardest, Mr. Qu said, especially females, young people and other vulnerable people.   This escalating food insecurity spike occurred even though Latin America and the Caribbean is the world’s largest net food exporting area. It had also outperformed other regions in decreasing hunger and poverty, in the decade up to 2015 .   Offering FAO’s help, Mr. Qu reiterated how important it is for Latin America and Carribbean leaders to tackle inequality “in probably the most unequal continent in the world” , as they had pledged to do, by 2030 on the latest.  

Fair share 

Within an appeal for agricultural reform to prevent a decade’s really worth of backsliding on tackling hunger and poverty, FAO chief Qu Dongyu urged the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) to expand food supply within the Caribbean, where healthy diet programs are expensive.   Although FAO’s global food price index has shown dropping prices for a range of important goods in recent months, offering a few respite, “recovery has yet to be established”, the company said.   Urgent group action is also needed, he or she insisted, to focus on the social and economic consequences from the pandemic, rising food low self-esteem and the increasing prices associated with staple foods, fertilizers along with other agricultural products.  

Uncertain climate 

It prediction that more challenges are usually “inevitable” because the world’s agrifood systems will continue to encounter “risks and uncertainties, including those stemming from the weather crisis and economic slowdowns”.   The UN agency chief also urged greater investment in water infrastructure and food production within Central America – exactly where droughts and migration make additional challenges to farmers – and improved foods exchange between Andean neighbours, through infrastructure investment within production, storage and transportation.  

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