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Farmers the 'lifeblood of our food systems', deputy UN chief highlights
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 26 - 07 - 2021

Farmers, especially women and indigenous people, work tirelessly to put food on our tables. UN Deputy Secretary General Amina Mohammed met on Saturday women producers at a farmers' market in Circo Massimo, Rome, ahead of the Food Systems Pre-Summit taking place next week.
Dozens of stalls were set up in the vicinity of the UN event's venue, where heads of state and delegates will gather from Monday to discuss ways to transform food systems to tackle hunger, poverty, climate change and inequality.
UN and government officials toured the market to meet with farmers before paying tribute to producers, particularly women, for their central role in food systems.
"Farmers are the lifeblood of our food systems", said Mohammed. "Understanding their needs and the challenges they face helps ensure that emerging solutions are fit for purpose," she added.
Unnoticed contributions
The Deputy Secretary General, joined by Agnes Kalibata, the Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit, visited the stalls of women producers. They also addressed the market and welcomed two Food Systems Heroes on stage to share their stories.
The visit aimed to raise awareness of the essential, yet often unnoticed, contribution that women producers make and to highlight the urgent need to support greater resilience against shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Women farmers and 'agripreneurs' are often held back through a lack of resources and access to information. Supporting women with the same skills, tools and training is a failsafe way to improve food systems," said Elizabeth Nsimadala, president of the Pan-African Farmers Organizations (PAFO).
The Food Systems Pre-Summit
The three-day Pre-Summit will begin on Monday, bringing together delegates from more than 100 countries in a hybrid event to deliver the latest evidence-based and scientific approaches from around the world, launch a set of new commitments through coalitions of action and mobilize new financing and partnerships.
The event will bring together youth, farmers, Indigenous Peoples, civil society, researchers, the private sector, policy leaders and ministers of agriculture, environment, health, nutrition and finance, among other key players.
The meeting will set the stage for the culminating global event in September by bringing together diverse actors from around the world to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Key facts to be addressed at the meeting
Hunger
As many as 811 million people went hungry in 2020, with an estimated 118 million joining the food insecure
Around 660 million people may still face hunger in 2030 — 30 million more than had the pandemic not occurred
In 2020, around one in five children under five were affected by stunting caused by malnutrition
Around three billion people are unable to afford healthy diets
Climate change and biodiversity loss
Food systems contribute an estimated one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions
Deforestation and climate change means the Amazon rainforest now emits more carbon than it stores
Food systems are the greatest driver of biodiversity loss, responsible for up to 80% of losses and around 25% of species under threat of extinction
Poverty
Almost 100 million people found themselves in poverty as a result of the pandemic
Global unemployment is expected to reach 205 million in 2022, from 187 million in 2019
Shortcomings in food systems account for an estimated $12 trillion in hidden costs
Food loss and waste
Around a third of all food produced is lost or wasted every year
If food loss and waste were a country, it would be the third most emitting nation in the world
Reducing food waste would cost an estimated $30 billion but the potential return could be as much as $455 billion — UN News


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