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12 Paths to Strengthening Food Security in an Unstable World

12 Paths to Strengthening Food Security in an Unstable World

by The Daily Eye Team December 6 2014, 9:52 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secs

It’s important that agriculture and nutrition work better together. Across the entire agricultural chain there are opportunities to make food more nutritious: from seed choices and growing techniques to processing food and bringing products to market. Support female farmers: Women produce more than half of all the food that is grown in the world yet receive less than 10% of credit offered to small-scale farmers, only 7% of agricultural extension services and own less than 1% of all land. The FAO estimates that if female farmers had the same access as men, agricultural output in 34 developing countries would rise by an estimated average of up to 4%. This could reduce the number of undernourished people in those countries by as much as 17%, translating to up to 150 million fewer hungry people.

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