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Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the Soil Day - 5 December 2023

Highlights : This study develops a marginal abatement cost curve for hunger reduction. Twenty-two different interventions are considered for reducing undernourishment. Several low-cost investment...

Opening speech by Commissioner McGuinness at the International Platform on Sustainable Finance Annual Event at COP 28

Highlights : Access to healthy diets depends on retail prices for diverse foods in local markets. Consumer prices for retail items have different dynamics than commodity...

Highlights : Investigates media framing of consumer sustainability before and during COVID-19. Consumer responsibility is positively related to shopping behavior and food waste. Sustainability consciousness is positively...

Highlights : Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (HCES) can overestimate household intakes. The use of Adult Male Equivalents (AME) underestimates of women’s shares o...

Highlights : Public food procurement from family farming (PFPF) is a powerful policy instrument for a transition to sustainable food systems. Food system and actor-oriented approaches are...

Highlights : The Food 2030 pathways are being deployed via Horizon Europe, the EU’s framework programme for R&I (2021–2027), which provides funding to support a diversity...

FAO online resource dedicated to the World Soil Day(s).

Highlights : The role of African governments in pursuing policies that promote food security or food sovereignty. The food security situation in Africa has deteriorated over the last...