World Food Day October 16, 2023
Overview
Location
NYC, NY, USA
World Food Day
- NYC, NY, USA
- October 16, 2023
Virtual
October 16, 2023
World Food Day
Follow the Action
The newly released 2026 SOFI Report highlights legumes as a key pathway to achieving affordable, healthy diets worldwide. 🫘✨
From being a low-cost food group across all regions to holding huge potential for global nutrition, beans take center stage. But to truly unlock their scale, ...the report calls for crucial investments in research and development, better processing, and climate resilience like improved irrigation.
Huge win for the humble legume! Read the key takeaways above. 📈
#BeansisHow #Beansonthemenu #SOFI2026
🟡2030 once seemed a long way off. Now it's fast approaching. We are just 4 years away, and the need for action to end global hunger has never been greater.
👉 Read the latest policy paper on the action needed: ...https://sdg2advocacyhub.org/latest/from-fragmentation-to-focus-a-shared-agenda-for-the-last-mile-to-2030/
#GoodFood4All #SOFI2026
🟡Well-designed & monitored rice fortification programs can protect millions from micronutrient deficiencies. Fortification should complement broader efforts to diversify diets and support local producers.
Read in @htTweets:
#GoodFood4All #Fortification
Rice fortification: A pause, not a retreat
This article is authored by CK Mishra, former secretary, ministry of health and family welfare, Government of India.
www.hindustantimes.com🟡Global hunger has fallen for the third year running — proof that bold, targeted action works. We must double down on cost-effective solutions over the 4 years remaining until 2030.
📙Read: https://t.co/b3WaCFhMI2
#GoodFood4All #SOFI2026
🟡Global hunger has fallen for the third year running — proof that bold, targeted action works. We must double down on cost-effective solutions over the 4 years remaining until 2030.
📙Read: https://bit.ly/SOFI2026
#GoodFood4All #SOFI2026
The cost of a healthy diet is most expensive for the poorest among us, deepening inequalities, contributing to poor nutrition outcomes and undermining progress on SDG2.
Read: https://t.co/FnBC5wWdrS
#SOFI2026 #GoodFood4All
The Youth in Agrifood Systems Performance Index (#YAPI) has been launched today at #AASW9 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Developed by the @_AfricanUnion, @NEPAD_Agency and AGRA, YAPI is Africa's first continental framework for measuring youth empowerment across agrifood systems.
#AGRA
🎉 Good news first! Global hunger has fallen for the third year running – proof that bold, targeted action works. We must double down on cost-effective solutions over the 4 years remaining until 2030.
Read: https://t.co/FnBC5wWdrS
#GoodFood4All #SOFI2026
Africa's food market could reach $1 trillion by 2030. It is a major opportunity to create jobs, grow agribusinesses, & strengthen regional trade.
Read the latest blog on how #WBGAgriConnect is helping unlock this potential across Eastern & Southern Africa: https://t.co/Eq4NLIBOxY