This World Food Day, CropLife Asia proudly joins the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the call to make healthy and sustainable diets accessible and affordable to everyone and heralds the innovations of plant science technologies as a key component in realizing this pursuit.
This World Food Day, CropLife Asia proudly joins the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the call to make healthy and sustainable diets accessible and affordable to everyone and heralds the innovations of plant science technologies as a key component in realizing this pursuit.
The latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report by the FAO reveals that while more than 820 million people around the world suffer from hunger, over 670 million adults and 120 million boys and girls between the ages of 5-19 are obese. Children under five years old are also part of this troubling trend with over 40 million of them being overweight globally.
The paradox of how food insecurity is associated with both undernourishment as well as overweight and obesity is prevalent in Asia, where the majority of the undernourished population (more than 500 million) live. In 2018, Africa and Asia bore the greatest share of all forms of malnutrition by accounting for more than nine out of ten of all stunted and wasted children; while nearly three-quarters of all overweight children worldwide also reside in Asia.
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