The Sustainable Development Goal number 2 calls for the eradication of all forms of malnutrition
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has stressed that FAO will focus over the next two years on promoting nutrition-sensitive food systems and innovation in agriculture.
“While hunger is circumscribed to specific areas, obesity is everywhere. In fact, we are witnessing the globalization of obesity,” added Graziano da Silva.
During a recent FAO council meet, Graziano da Silva drew attention to upcoming key events: a food safety conference later this month in Geneva – organized by FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO); the launch of the UN Decade of Family Farming at FAO’s headquarters at the end of May; two seminars on healthy diets and agriculture innovation, and the meeting of the FAO Port States Measures Agreement’s (PSMA) Parties in June.