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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’ -Susan Chacko

COVID-19: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’ -Susan Chacko

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published Published on Nov 9, 2020   modified Modified on Nov 11, 2020

-Down to Earth

Proposed by Italy and led by Food and Agriculture Organization, the alliance aims to increase resilience of agricultural food systems, ensure global food access

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has pulled food systems apart, threatening food security and nutrition. At least 690 million people went hungry in 2019, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, 2020. Now, the pandemic could tip over 130 million more people into chronic hunger by the end of 2020, according to the report.

Taking cognisance of the catastrophic food crisis and the urgency to tackle it, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations launched a Food Coalition on November 5, 2020. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu virtually inaugurated it along with the Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Carola Schouten.

The two countries have already pledged and delivered financial resources and technical support to the coalition. Italy has supported the alliance with an initial contribution of $1.2 million.

Proposed by Italy and led by FAO, the global alliance aims to help countries get back on track to achieve the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, especially the ones on ending hunger and poverty. More than 30 countries have already expressed interest in joining the coalition.

The alliance would work as a network of networks and a multi-stakeholder coalition for a unified global action to support measures to ensure food access and increase the resilience of agricultural food systems in response to COVID-19.

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Down to Earth, 9 November, 2020, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/food/covid-19-new-un-alliance-to-stave-off-catastrophic-food-crisis--74139?fbclid=IwAR0nbECzC_qlSew8iQLIWmCQfKSBWg8-hI8s_ecG6xvS6GR-pl1j0jYoQ6E


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