[RED DEMOCRATICA] On World Food Day, efforts to improve food security, reduce hunger show results

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Direct grants for specific services show results, U.K. report says Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   October 16, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story On World Food Day, efforts to improve food security, reduce hunger show results World Food Day is today and highlights the need to decrease food waste, promote healthy diets and show how better nutrition improves a country's economy. The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says that global investments of $1.2 billion annually for five years would yield better health and fewer child deaths as well as producing economic value of $15.3 billion each year. 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