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Regional commitment underway for food security and sustainable future

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- Mario Lubetkin, IPS - March 11, 2024

The regional commitment to fight hunger and malnutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean has made significant progress thanks to the update of the Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication Plan of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) for the period 2024-2030, known as the CELAC FNS

Food loss and waste: An unacceptable reality

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- Mario Lubetkin, IPS - October 1, 2023

In recent years, the population of Latin America and the Caribbean has seen a worrying increase in hunger figures, especially among the poorest in the region. When we talk about food insecurity in our region, as in the rest of the world, we realize that this problem does not stem from

Challenge for 2023: Guaranteeing sufficient food production

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- Mario Lubetkin, IPS - June 17, 2022June 21, 2022

If the war in Ukraine and other conflicts around the world continue, the challenge for 2022 will be to guarantee greater access to existing food supplies, and sufficient food production by 2023. As we approach four months since the start of the war, data continues to show a trend of rising

Without peace, hunger will continue to increase

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- Mario Lubetkin, IPS - May 29, 2022May 30, 2022

If the war in Ukraine, that was initiated three months ago, does not end, and without a reduction in the growing number of conflicts in other parts of the world, hunger will only continue to increase. As rarely seen in recent history, issues related to agrifood systems and world food security