World Food Day: The challenge of producing more with less

World Food Day invites us to reflect and raise awareness about the unprecedented challenges facing agrifood systems. Conflicts, extreme weather and climate phenomena, economic crises, and growing inequality are putting increasing pressure on arable land, water, and the biodiversity that sustains life. Supply chains continue to be fragile, and the effects of disruptions are already being felt in homes, markets, and fields around the world. This year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the theme “Hand in hand for better food and a better future,” calls for international collaboration to build a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure future. Working as a team, between governments, organizations, sectors, and communities, we can transform agrifood systems to ensure that all people have access to a healthy diet, living in harmony with the planet. In some places, the severity of food insecurity is overwhelming. An estimated 673 million ...