{"id":676,"date":"2009-10-01T15:13:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T20:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=676"},"modified":"2015-12-03T14:57:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T20:57:17","slug":"fao-to-address-global-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/fao-to-address-global-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"FAO to Address Global Food Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (fao.org) is planning a few key events this fall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Food Day: October 16<\/li>\n<li>The State of Food Insecurity in the World report (October)<\/li>\n<li>World Summit on Food Security: Rome, Nov. 16\u201318<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We recognize <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/getinvolved\/worldfoodday\/en\" target=\"_blank\">World Food Day<\/a><\/strong> on October 16, an event \u201cdesigned to increase awareness, understanding, and informed year-around action to alleviate hunger.\u201d (worldfooddayusa.org).\u00a0 This event is observed on this date in recognition of the founding of the FAO in 1945.\u00a0 It is an opportunity to bring hunger to the forefront as we learn and educate others about hunger in the context of today\u2019s world and economy.<\/p>\n<p>Also this month the FAO is to publish an updated \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/publications\/sofi\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The State of Food Insecurity in the World<\/strong><\/a>\u201d report based on its June predictions that the number of people who are hungry in the world has risen by 105 million in 2009, bringing the total to 1.02 billion malnourished people in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-682 alignleft\" title=\"Ariel watering fields\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2009\/10\/Nicaragua-boy-watering-fields-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel watering fields\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/10\/Nicaragua-boy-watering-fields-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/10\/Nicaragua-boy-watering-fields-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/10\/Nicaragua-boy-watering-fields-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2009\/10\/Nicaragua-boy-watering-fields-467x350.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Finally, in Rome, Nov. 16\u201318, FAO will host the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/wsfs\/world-summit\/en\" target=\"_blank\">World Summit on Food Security<\/a><\/strong> to determine a strategy to address the increased state of global food insecurity.\u00a0 FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf proposed the summit, noting \u201cThe silent hunger crisis\u2014affecting one sixth of all of humanity\u2014poses a serious risk for world peace and security.\u00a0 We urgently need to forge a broad consensus on the total and rapid eradication of hunger in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-Aaron Cooper is Writer-Editor for ELCA World Hunger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (fao.org) is planning a few key events this fall: World Food Day: October 16 The State of Food Insecurity in the World report (October) World Summit on Food Security: Rome, Nov. 16\u201318 We recognize World Food Day on October 16, an event \u201cdesigned to increase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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