From words to action: Solution to hunger lies in agroforestry
The UN World Food Programme has reported that by August 2021, there were 30.4 million people in East Africa who were facing severe food insecurity. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Almost a quarter of children under age five are stunted, and many more are at risk of malnutrition and hidden hunger because of the poor quality of their diets. More than nine out of ten of all children with stunting live in Africa and Asia. At the centre of this challenge is a broken food system that fails to provide children with the diets they need to grow healthy.
Climate change, increasing population pressure, loss of biodiversity, increase in energy prices, and land use changes, especially conversion of arable land for commercial and infrastructure development are some of the factors that limit poor and vulnerable communities from achieving their right to food in the developing world. As we celebrated World Food Day last week, it is important to re-affirm that every person living today has the right to food.
