World Food Day: What it is and why it's more important than ever
2022年10月13日 · World Food Day, held this year on 16 October, is an annual reminder that food insecurity and malnourishment remain widespread and are poised to worsen thanks to a range of ongoing threats, including climate change, inflation, geopolitical conflict, and more. Here's what to know about World Food Day and why it's more important than ever.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is worsening world hunger | World …
2022年4月29日 · The world is facing a “hunger catastrophe”, the World Food Programme (WFP) is warning. The United Nations food aid organization says at least 47 million people in 81 countries could be driven to the edge of famine, because of conflict, climate shocks, COVID-19 and soaring costs for food and fuel.
Food Innovation Hubs | World Economic Forum
2023年1月16日 · Food systems today are unsustainable for both people and planet: Around 40% of arable land is degraded and 33% of food produced for human consumption is either lost or wasted, increasing the global challenge of ensuring a food-secure world.Meanwhile, one third of GHG emissions, 80% of deforestation, and over 70% of freshwater use globally originate from …
Ukraine’s food exports by the numbers | World Economic Forum
2022年7月25日 · Specifically, the country is a major producer and exporter of staple grains—vital commodities for the international food system. In fact, the World Food Program, which is the United Nations' humanitarian food-assistance organization, gets 40% of its wheat from Ukraine.
Food and Water | World Economic Forum
2024年5月21日 · The future of foodThe World Economic Forum Food Systems Initiative galvanizes multi-sectoral leadership to support collective regional and country-led action, and advancing global insight and policy, to accelerate food systems transformations to meet the needs of people and the planet.Nearly 10% of the global population – an estimated 768 million …
How climate change is accelerating the global food crisis | World ...
2023年7月11日 · Primarily, global organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Bank, must stress test global food supply chains the same way banks conduct financial stress tests on their balance sheets. Regulators often require that banks, insurers and asset managers run regular scenario analyses of what will ...
Food shortages and conflict put millions of people at risk | World ...
2021年5月25日 · The Global Network Against Food Crises was founded in 2016 by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the UN World Food Programme. Its approach involves working at global, regional and national levels to improve decision-making, policy and programming.
Global agriculture data tell us how to transform food | World …
2024年2月2日 · The World Economic Forum's 100 Million Farmers initiative encourages public-private cooperation in the agriculture sector to transform food systems. World leaders agree that radical transformation of food systems is needed to make healthy food accessible to all, and to improve sustainability in agriculture.
Innovators reimagine the future of food systems | World Economic …
2024年5月13日 · The World Economic Forum’s UpLink and Food Innovation Hubs are examples of fostering cooperation among farmers, innovators, governments, and the private sector. Four innovators explain their vision for change and approach to using technologies to reimagine the future of food systems.
How to build sustainable, healthier, more equitable food systems
2021年10月20日 · World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab made the following speech as part of the World Food Day Ceremony at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 15 October He outlined four ways to transform food systems in a way that is healthier, more sustainable, more equitable and fairer for all.