Panel discusses ‘sustainable food’ in Africa

Panel discusses ‘sustainable food’ in Africa

Africa's food systems are at a cross-roads, faced with the pressure of producing more for a growing population, while also tackling increasing levels of malnutrition.

Taking place a few days before the United Nations Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, a food security session during Sustainability Summit 2021 unpacked how more sustainable and healthy food systems in Africa can be achieved.

Euractiv public affairs manager Andrianos Giannou said the world was not on track to achieve zero-hunger by 2030.

He pointed out that about 811-million people in the world faced hunger in 2020, about 61-million more people compared with 2019.

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