FAO Director-General encourages young people to be the Zero Hunger Generation |
FAO 26 September 2015, New York -FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged young people to play their part in ending world hunger, saying that their leadership is crucial to achieving this goal by 2030. |
Youth participation and leadership crucial to ending hunger (http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/332565/icode/)
Flash mob of Youths the World Forestry Congress 2015 in Durban, South Africa.
FAO 26 September 2015, New York -FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today urged young people to play their part in ending world hunger, saying that their leadership is crucial to achieving this goal by 2030.
"We can feed all the people in the world and we throw out even one third of all the food we produce. So the problem is not food," said the FAO Director-General. Poverty is the reason behind hunger, not lack of food, he said.
In his remarks, Graziano da Silva also indicated that it is indeed possible to end hunger, but that doing so would require a collective effort from citizens and governments alike.
The FAO Director-General also spoke about the plight of millions of those who are fleeing their homes as a result of conflicts and crises. It is important to remember that immigrants helped build many nations around the world, he said . At the same time he stressed that today's greatest challenge is in Africa . Therefore, it is crucial to provide land to the youth and opportunities for the women. Empowering women is critical to addressing hunger and malnutrition, noted the FAO Director-General.
The UN summit (25-27 September) has adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will help steer the world's development path over the coming decades. SDG 2: “Zero Hunger”, calls on countries to “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” |
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