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The Zero Hunger, 5th World Summit of Regions on Food Security and Sovereignty

2 October 2024, Video Message by Dr QU Dongyu, FAO Director-General on The Zero Hunger, 5th World Summit of Regions on Food Security and Sovereignty

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Date 10/02/2024 12:00 AM

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Script Ladies and Gentlemen,
1. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, global hunger has increased and has remained almost unchanged at very high levels over the past three years.
2. The latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report points to 733 million people facing hunger in 2023.
3. This represents one out of 11 people in the world.
4. Hunger is still on the rise in Africa; it has remained relatively unchanged in Asia; and shows reductions only in South America.
5. Progress to ensure regular access to nutritious food for all is also at a standstill.
6. Nearly 29% of the global population - or 2.3 billion people - were moderately or severely food insecure in 2023,
7. And 2.8 billion people are unable to afford healthy diets.
8. Improvements on stunting, wasting and exclusive breastfeeding are welcome, but are insufficient to reach the 2030 targets.
9. And rising rates of obesity present major challenges for the health and well-being of all age groups.
10. These global food insecurity and malnutrition challenges are mainly driven by conflicts, the climate and economic crises, and the high cost of healthy diets, among others.
11. And growing inequalities are increasing these negative effects.
12. But achieving zero hunger is possible!
13. There are several pathways to transform agrifood systems to make them conducive to achieving zero hunger, depending on the drivers specific to each country.
14. Zero Hunger is possible because we already know which enabling policies, investments and legislation are needed for these transformative pathways,
15. As well as the innovative, inclusive and equitable solutions to finance them.
16. However, a one-size-fits-all approach is not feasible at the country level, where the level and complexity of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition may differ along the rural-urban line.
17. For example, in Africa hunger continues to be on the rise due to problems with food availability, food accessibility and in particular food affordability, especially for households in peri-urban and rural areas where there is a heavy reliance on food purchases.
18. In this context, therefore, we need to improve productivity and overall production, but we need to do it in a sustainable way. It is critical to produce more with less.
19. Regional, as well as local contexts within countries, must be considered in identifying the most effective, equitable and inclusive solutions towards Zero Hunger.
20. Understanding the changes taking place across agrifood systems requires a rural–urban lens, reflecting the increasing inter-linkages across urban, peri-urban and rural areas.
21. In this regard, regional and local governments can play a key role in designing and implementing enabling policies.
22. We must leverage the increasing connectivity between rural and peri-urban areas and cities of various sizes through investments in infrastructure, public goods and enhanced capacities, and with adequate financing.
23. Achieving Zero Hunger will depend on our capacity to combine the different levels of governance in an efficient, effective and coherent manner, and with the right strategic framework.
24. In 2019, at the beginning of my mandate, I launched the FAO Hand-in-Hand Initiative, to provide an integrated, holistic approach to support investments and interventions in targeted territories where poverty and hunger are highest, but where we also know that agrifood systems have great potential to reduce poverty sustainably.
25. The Hand-in-Hand Initiative relies on national as well as local governments,
26. And recognizes that while national commitments and public investments are critical, the scope of the challenges requires public and private sector and civil society participation.
27. We need joint partnerships to accelerate the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable,
28. For the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life - leaving no one behind and achieving Zero Hunger.
29. Thank you.

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