Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights 

Agrifood systems and the communities that support and depend on them are on the front lines of loss and damage linked to climate change, a new report released on Friday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/12/1144237
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Global agrifood systems are the climate solution, new FAO report highlights 
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FAO report reveals hidden costs of agrifood systems

06 Nov 2023

Although current agrifood systems provide nourishment and sustain economies, they also impose huge hidden costs on health and the environment - the equivalent of at least $10 trillion annually - a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed. 

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World News in Brief: Climate change in the countryside, Yemen polio drive success, development and peace

05 Mar 2024

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, the poor and older populations, who also have the least capacity to adapt to extreme weather events, a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) revealed on Tuesday.

Hunger rising in mountain regions due to biodiversity loss, climate change

11 Dec 2020

Although many of the world’s most important crops and livestock species originate in mountain regions, hunger is rising in these areas due to biodiversity loss and climate change, according to a joint study published on Friday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and partners.