In an opinion piece for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, UN Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata has made the case for why we urgently need to fix the world’s food systems.
“For every dollar spent on food, society pays back double that in health, environmental, and economic costs.” -- UN Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata
Read the full opinion piece .
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