{"id":5353,"date":"2020-08-12T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b10g8ll.myraidbox.de\/story\/der-hunger-in-der-welt-steigt-weiter-an\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:16:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T14:16:11","slug":"world-hunger-continues-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/en\/story\/world-hunger-continues-to-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"World hunger continues to rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5353\" class=\"elementor elementor-5353 elementor-5338\" data-elementor-post-type=\"story\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f355a0c animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1f355a0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bfc1f01\" data-id=\"3bfc1f01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e1afaf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e1afaf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kalender-2019-53477-Standard-2560px-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5348\" alt=\"Gem\u00fcse geschnitten und in Sch\u00e4lchen zum Kochen (Patrick Rohr)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kalender-2019-53477-Standard-2560px-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kalender-2019-53477-Standard-2560px-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kalender-2019-53477-Standard-2560px-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kalender-2019-53477-Standard-2560px-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kalender-2019-53477-Standard-2560px-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3924395e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"3924395e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-625a5172\" data-id=\"625a5172\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f5b31df text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f5b31df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"bodytext\">A glance at the current situation shows:\u00a0the prevailing food system is feeding the world badly.\u00a0Since 2014, the number of hungry people has been on the rise again. Officially, 690 million people suffer from hunger. Every tenth person is threatened by an acute food shortage. Both figures show an upward trend. This is shocking and requires a look at malnutrition for the full picture.<\/p><p class=\"bodytext\">Poor countries do not provide their populations a balanced diet with sufficient fruits and vegetables or animal products, mostly because of unavailability, difficulties in access or high expense. In wealthy societies, the variety of food people consume is too small, even though they could have access to a balanced diet. On the one hand, malnutrition and undernourishment are increasing, while on the other hand, being\u00a0overweight is as well. Both scenarios put a strain on people\u2019s health and thus on health systems, as is shown in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/3\/ca9692en\/online\/ca9692en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest report<\/a>\u00a0by the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/geneva\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Food and Agriculture Organization<\/a>\u00a0(FAO).<\/p><h2>Industrial agriculture is a dead end<\/h2><p class=\"bodytext\">Industrial agriculture is not supplying the world with sufficient, healthy food well. In short, one could say that the cost-benefit ratio is terrible: after all, inadequate performance is accompanied by very high costs.<\/p><ul><li>Large-scale agriculture destroys small-scale, regional structures and thus leads to rural exodus and social problems.<\/li><li>The expensive use of pesticides poses a major health risk, especially for agricultural workers in poorer countries.<\/li><li>Monocultures, streamlining, the high use of nitrogen and synthetic pesticides and the use of heavy machinery have led and continue to lead to leached and compacted soils and a dramatic loss of biodiversity and food variety.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"bodytext\">Essentially, radical change is needed in the way we produce, market and consume food.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-531b2b05 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"531b2b05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7df5f7da\" data-id=\"7df5f7da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-45af4b54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45af4b54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b536cb2 elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"6b536cb2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f2c5358\" data-id=\"4f2c5358\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71bc6917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"71bc6917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Portrait-of-Dr.-Hans-Rudolf-Herren-pf9rjyiwgbg5lxqzdmtcgdh2lkrn2n35vzf6pnodgw.webp\" title=\"Portrait of Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren\" alt=\"Portrait of Dr. Hans Rudolf Herren\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">At stake is nothing less than saving our planet and future generations.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479c3ccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"479c3ccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hans R. Herren, President of the Biovision Foundation<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7081fe25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7081fe25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e095a0d\" data-id=\"1e095a0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548bd80d text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"548bd80d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>With agroecology we can still achieve SDG 2\u2019s objective for zero hunger<\/h2><p>Agriculture based on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agroecology-pool.org\/principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0the principles of agroecology<\/a>\u00a0can provide enough food for the world\u2019s population even if it reaches 9 billion by 2050. Agroecology involves the entire food system. It includes not only environmentally friendly production, but also direct and local product marketing to strengthen communities and encourage responsible consumption.<\/p><p>Biovision is convinced that, by redesigning our food system by using the principles of agroecology, we can achieve SDG 2 by 2030. This is also confirmed by various studies (for Europe, see the study by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iddri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/PDF\/Publications\/Catalogue%20Iddri\/Etude\/201809-ST0918EN-tyfa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X. Poux from 2018<\/a>\u00a0or the Swiss study by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-017-01410-w.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A. M\u00fcller, FiBL from 2017<\/a>; for emerging countries, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3763\/ijas.2010.0558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khan, Z. et al., 2011<\/a>). Biovision therefore supports various projects which implement or research agroecological methods:<\/p><ul><li>The\u00a0research and application of agroecological methods\u00a0always takes place with the involvement of the farmers, so that locally adapted solutions have the greatest possible benefit for the people.<\/li><li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agroecology-pool.org\/methodology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAgroecology Criteria Tool\u201d<\/a>\u00a0developed by Biovision enables political decision-makers and farmers to evaluate to what extent their agricultural projects or farms follow agroecological principles. The aim is to raise awareness of sustainable (land) management and to initiate supportive political conditions.<\/li><li>With Biovision\u2019s support, a platform on agroecology and agrobiodiversity will be launched in Kenya this year under the leadership of the Ministry of Agriculture. The platform will bring together representatives from organisations, the private sector and the scientific community to gather decentralised knowledge on agroecology and exert political influence under a united voice.<\/li><li>Biovision\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clever-konsumieren.ch\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raises awareness of sustainable consumption in Switzerland<\/a>\u00a0because our purchasing decisions in Switzerland often come at the expense of other countries. For example, an Argentinean beef fillet may cost people and animals their rainforest habitat.<\/li><li>Switzerland frequently promotes agroecology in development projects, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.agroecology-pool.org\/moneyflowsreport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this report shows<\/a>. However, agroecology is seldom used in Switzerland\u2019s own agriculture. Biovision therefore demands\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biovision.ch\/projekt\/transformation-ernaehrungssystem-schweiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more coherence in Swiss policy<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><p>In view of the extent of hunger and malnutrition, the loss of healthy soil and biodiversity, and the climate crisis,\u00a0we have no choice but to transform our food system to be socially and ecologically sustainable,\u00a0which could be\u00a0made\u00a0possible through modern, knowledge- and science-based agroecology. Impending disasters can only be prevented if those responsible in politics, business and society take decisive and swift action now. At stake is nothing less than saving our planet and future generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current FAO Report on the state of food security and nutrition paints a bleak picture of the number of people facing hunger and lacking enough healthy food. At the same time, the number of people who are overweight and malnourished is also on the rise. 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