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UNGA 2021: The world has the resources to end hunger, African Development Bank head tells UN Food Systems Summit.

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ENPNewswire-September 27, 2021--UNGA 2021: The world has the resources to end hunger, African Development Bank head tells UN Food Systems Summit

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Release date- 25092021 - 'The world has the resources to end hunger,' African Development Bank president Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina said in a message on the first day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit.

Convened by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the event is billed by its organisers as 'a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food systems to drive our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and get us back on track to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.'

The summit brings together thousands of youths, food producers, members of civil society, researchers, the private sector, women and indigenous people, all of whom are participating both physically and virtually in the summit. It is taking place on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York.

In his opening address, Guterres said the participants represented 'energy, ideas and the willingness to create new partnerships,' and was a time to celebrate the dignity of those who produce and create the world's food.

Decrying the 246 million people in Africa who go to bed daily without food and the continent's 59 million stunted children as 'morally and socially unacceptable,' Adesina said that delivering food security for Africa at greater scale called for prioritising technologies, climate and financing.

'The $33 billion per year required to free the world of hunger, is just 0.12% of $27 trillion that the world has deployed as stimulus to address the COVID-19 pandemic. I am confident that zero hunger can be achieved in Africa by 2030,' Adesina said.

The African Development Bank's Feed Africa Strategy, through its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program - widely known as TAAT - has provided 11 million farmers across 29 African countries with proven agricultural technologies for food security. Food production...

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