Transforming agrifood systems in the march to end hunger

Sunbathing: A farmer drying ears of corn under the sun in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. According to the FAO, 14% of the food the world produces is lost and 17% is wasted. — The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network

THIS year’s World Food Day on Oct 16 finds us at a critical moment. The Covid-19 pandemic remains a global challenge, causing untold losses and hardship. The impacts of the climate crisis are all around us. Crops have gone up in flames. Homes have been washed away.

Lives and livelihoods have been thrown into turmoil due to conflict and other humanitarian emergencies. Global food security challenges have not been this severe for years.