【高端访谈】以创新与合作推动全球农业粮食体系可持续转型——访联合国粮农组织首席经济学家托雷罗

Core Viewpoint - Innovation, cooperation, and solidarity are essential for the sustainable transformation of the global agricultural food system in the face of multiple crises affecting food security [1][2]. Group 1: Global Food Security Challenges - Approximately 673 million people are projected to experience long-term hunger in 2024, accounting for 8.2% of the global population [1]. - Over 300 million people in Africa are facing hunger, while parts of Asia and South America show uneven improvements [1]. Group 2: Actions for Food Security - The international community should take five actions to reverse current trends: protect the purchasing power of low-income groups, avoid export restrictions and enhance market transparency, expand financing for climate-adaptive production, invest in local storage and processing systems, and connect humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts [2]. Group 3: Future Goals and Collaboration - Achieving the 2030 global zero hunger goal requires better integration of data, policy, and financing to create a more transparent, coordinated, and accountable system [2]. - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) aims to collaborate with various parties, including China, to build a fairer, more sustainable, and hunger-free world, emphasizing the importance of science, youth, and investment [2].