[RED DEMOCRATICA] Global food system needs overhaul, UN food envoy says

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Gender-equality development goal is focus of UN women's summit Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   March 10, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Global food system needs overhaul, UN food envoy says The global food system needs to be reformed immediately to ensure poorer populations have adequate local food supplies, says Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food. Trade policies, a reduction in meat consumption and the increased practice of agroecology are among other issues raised in De Schutter's report. 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