The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been fighting hunger for more than 75 years. The FAO Strategic Framework 2021-2030 articulates FAO’s vision of a sustainable and food secure world for all. Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist for the FAO, joins us to discuss this strategy, the various components and accelerators designed to support it, and the various initiatives already underway to end hunger once and for all, leaving no-one behind.

Tune in to learn:

• What is an SDG
• What the four “betters” of the FAO strategic framework are
• How four accelerators can help multiple results
• How the FAO has helped fight hunger in the past and today

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Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bD277ADF3-3D22-EC11-8138-005056A7AFA5%7d 

FAO website: www.fao.org

FAO Twitter handles:@FAO, @FAOKnowledge, @FAO4Members, @FAOnews, @FAOScienceChief

FAO Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNFAO/?ref=mf

FAO Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fao/

FAO TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fao

World Food Day: http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/en

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