加载中…我们能否消除全球饥饿现象？
(2014-04-25 16:25:31)
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Kathryn McConnell | Staff Writer | 2014.04.23
肯尼亚一青年农民组织的成员正在收割玉米。该组织成员利用获得的利润创办了缝纫作坊并且增加了番茄种植业务。现在这些年轻的农民更有能力赡养自己的家庭。
华盛顿- 不论从人类健康还是经济角度来说，饥饿和营养不良都可引致沉重的代价。据联合国粮农组织（Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations）提供的资料，饥饿和营养不良每年使全世界损失价值2万多亿美元的生产力。
国际粮食政策研究所（The International Food Policy Research Institute）在发布2013年全球食品政策报告（2013 Global Food Policy Report）时提出了一个问题：“我们能否在2025年前消除全球饥饿和营养不良现象？”
3月，国际粮食政策研究所在华盛顿公布了这份报告。该所表示，有些国家正通过促进营养项目的实施和制定国家粮食安全的立法尽自己的一份力量。国际粮食政策研究所的代表在该所网站上的视频上表示，“全球有取得成功的动力和希望。”
国际粮食政策研究所是一个非政府研究团体，也是美国政府的伙伴机构之一。该所指出，为了在2025年前消除饥饿现象，各国领导人必须妥善采取一系列方式，例如保护环境的可持续农业操作方式、强大的社会安全网、对农业研究的投资和利用移动电话等信息和通讯技术。
国际粮食政策研究所的代表说，为了取得进展，各国政府、捐助方、公民社会和民营部门需要采取一致行动。
国际粮食政策研究所的代表说，“如果政府率先制定战略和进行投资，有关政策更有可能取得成效，更具有可持续性，也更能因地制宜地付诸实施。”
国际粮食政策研究所的代表指出，在推广有关政策和项目前，领导人可以了解哪些战略最行之有效。
国际粮食政策研究所的报告认为，领导人应该与其他国家的领导人就行之有效的项目相互交流，并与国际组织合作及时搜集可靠的数据。最后，民营部门也可以发挥更大的作用，为消除饥饿和营养不良现象寻求可持续的解决方案。
图为肯尼亚一青年农民组织的成员在收割玉米。该组织成员利用获得的利润创办了缝纫作坊并且增加了番茄种植业务。现在这些年轻的农民更有能力赡养自己的家庭。
2013年全球食品政策报告见国际粮食政策研究所网站。
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/chinese/article/2014/04/20140423298217.html#ixzz2zsuRWBoc
Can We End Global Hunger?
By Kathryn McConnell | Staff Writer | 22 April 2014
A member of a youth farmers group in Kenya harvests maize. His group’s profits have enabled the members to expand into tomato farming. The young farmers are now better able to support their families.
Washington — Hunger and undernutrition are costly in human terms and economically. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, hunger and undernutrition cost the world more than $2 trillion a year in lost productivity.
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in presenting its 2013 Global Food Policy Report posed this question: “Can we really end global hunger and undernutrition by 2025?”
In its report, presented in March in Washington, IFPRI states that some countries are doing their part. They are scaling up nutrition programs and enacting national food-security legislation. “There is momentum and hope for global success,” an IFPRI representative states in a video on its website.
IFPRI, a nongovernmental research group and a partner of the U.S. government, says that to end hunger by 2025, country leaders will need to use a range of tools, including environmentally sustainable farming practices, strong social safety nets, investment in agricultural research, and use of information and communication technologies like mobile phones.
Progress also will require concerted actions among national governments, donors, civil society and the private sector, the IFPRI representative says.
“When countries take the lead in setting strategies and investments, polices are more likely to be effective, sustainable and well-adapted to the local context,” she says. The narrator points out that leaders can learn about what strategies work best before they scale up policies and programs.
In the report, IFPRI also says that leaders should share their knowledge about what works with leaders in other countries and that they should collaborate with international organizations to collect timely and reliable data. Finally, it states that the private sector can play a larger role in finding sustainable solutions for eliminating hunger and undernutrition.
Above, Elijah Muremi of a youth farmers group in Majembeni, Kenya, harvests maize. The group’s profits have enabled the members to open a tailoring business and expand into tomato farming. The young farmers are now better able to support their families.
To learn more, read IFPRI’s 2013 Global Food Policy Report.
Read more: http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2014/04/20140422298155.html#ixzz2zsuTObKm
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