Introduce inclusive & sustainable food management for all: PM

UNB :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the international community to introduce inclusive and sustainable food management for all as two billion people still remain out of food security in the world.

“Food, fertilizer, energy and financial crises induced by the ongoing Ukraine war and sanctions and counter-sanctions have intensified the problem of hunger and malnutrition around the world.

However, the cost of agriculture and food products is not the only constraint to the inability to procure nutritious food.

It needs the introduction of inclusive and sustainable food management for all,” she said.

The prime minister was speaking as a special guest in the opening ceremony of the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) in the Italian capital Rome.

The theme of the three-day summit is “Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity: Diverse Pathways in a Shared Journey.”

It opened at the Headquarters of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Hasina said some 690 million people are still suffering from malnutrition, nearly two billion are under food security and nearly three billion are deprived of a balanced diet in the world.
She placedfive proposals to ensure sustainable, safe and nutritious food system throughout the world, including promotion of multilateral development banks and private entrepreneurs to invest in modern agriculture.

“It needs to provide financial incentives and policy support at the international level to encourage multilateral development banks and private entrepreneurs to invest in modern agriculture,” she said in her first proposal.

PM Hasina, in her second proposal said, taking concerted actions are absolutely required to remove any trade barrier, including the lifting of restrictions on food and fertilizer exports alongside to continue effectiveness of the Black Sea Grain Deal initiated by the UN Secretary General.