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World Food Day: Turkey's contribution to zero hunger goal

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World Food Day: Turkey's contribution to zero hunger goal

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The polarization of diets continues in the world, with obesity hitting record levels on one side and hunger increasing on the other. International organizations have been pushing efforts to lend a helping hand to those in need with various programs worldwide. Accumulating experience on humanitarian diplomacy in recent years with campaigns by state organizations, Turkey is one of the highest-contributing countries working to achieve a balanced distribution of food.

"Thanks to the operational support of the Turkish government, our ability to respond to the national needs and regional priorities has been strengthened with the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organization Subregional Office for Central Asia [FAO-SEC] in Ankara," the FAO-SEC representative told Daily Sabah. With more than 194 member states, one of which is Turkey, FAO strives to end hunger once and for all in the world, enabling everyone to lead a healthy and active life.

Every year on Oct. 16, the FAO of the United Nations celebrates the organization's founding with World Food Day (WFD). Marking its 74th anniversary this year, it is celebrated through events organized by FAO offices, governments and stakeholders of up to 150 countries around the world and calls for action to achieve zero hunger. Given the increase of overweight and obesity rates worldwide, this year, World Food Day calls for action to make healthy and sustainable diets available and affordable to everyone. In light of this, many activities will be organized in Turkey.

"The theme of this year's World Food Day is 'Our actions are our future. Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger world' and to raise awareness specifically thinking about what we eat, we plan to organize many activities with private and government institutions and nongovernmental organizations," FAO-SEC explained. The many activities of WFD 2019 include a FAO-WHO Joint Symposium on "Prevention and Control of NCDs, Healthy Diet, Food Safety and Risk Management for Sustainable Development" in Elazığ on Oct. 4-5, on Oct. 10 a Food Festival in collaboration with Turuncu Bayrak in Ankara and on Oct. 17 the main event, the 5th Sustainable Food Conference and World Food Day Meeting in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Sustainable Academy and the Turkish Food and Beverage Industry Association (TÜGİS) in Istanbul.

Not long ago, in 2015, Turkey led a significant initiative within the framework of the G20 chairmanship and ensured that the focus of the G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in May 2015 became food waste and loss. "The campaign was launched with the heading 'Zero Waste for Zero Hunger: Support to reduce Food Loss and Food Waste.' Two workshops were realized for this project carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The first technical workshop was conducted on Feb. 19 with the personnel of central units of the ministry, of 81 provincial directorates and representatives of FAO-SEC and the Turkish presidency. The second one was organized in early April, hosting speakers from both the private sector and civil society to find an area of collaboration to reduce food loss and waste in Turkey," according to the FAO-SEC.

The first office of FAO, of which Turkey has been a member since 1948, was opened in 1982 in Ankara and in 2007, together with the Host Country Agreement, the Subregional Office for Central Asia was opened and FAO's relationship with Turkey and the projects in the region were enhanced. "As a donor, Turkey has provided financing of $30 million so far," the FAOSEC representative said.

Joint programs assist refugees in integration

In cooperation with the World Food Program (WFP), over 5 million refugees, the majority of which are Syrians, are being assisted in Turkey, the country with the greatest refugee influx in the world. In May 2011, Turkey set up its first camps for the refugees and began to help them build a life in Turkey like normal citizens. The Turkish Red Crescent, the countries' largest humanitarian aid organization, also sent 50,000 trucks of aid to those in Syria besides helping those within Turkey's borders. Turkey experienced a lack of qualified workers in the agriculture sector and thus, the need for skilled and semi-skilled workers arose.

"As FAO, we saw this as an opportunity for refugees to acquire agricultural skills and a regular income, thus the main aim for our projects was set," stated FAO.

"In cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the funds of the EU, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Japanese government, we organized vocational and technical training in eight provinces selected according to need base, namely Adana, Mersin, Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Mardin, Isparta, Kilis and İzmir, together with the support of the ministry's provincial directorates and the union of local producers. 2015 trainees completed the training successfully and about 22% of them got a job from job fairs organized after," the FAO-SEC stated.

The Turkish Red Crescent also pursues aid campaigns for the fight against global hunger every year in larger aspects. Under the leadership of the President of Turkish Red Crescent Kerem Kınık, one of the headings of the 2030 Strategy in accordance with the U.N.'s goals was "The Fight against Global Hunger." The Turkish Red Crescent provided help for 5.6 million people in 28 countries in 2016, and 6,8 million people in 38 countries in 2017. In 2018, on the other hand, these numbers rose to 7 million people in 53 countries.

In another FAO-supported project completed in February, 150 refugees chosen from the temporary housing center in southern Osmaniye province, home to 15,000 people, were educated on vegetable growing in the greenhouse set up by FAO next to the camp. At the end of this training, the vegetables were distributed in the center for free and a great contribution was made for food security and access to food for refugees.

In 2000, a U.N. summit was held, and the historic millennium declaration was signed by 189 countries, thus creating the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with deadlines that include ending poverty and hunger. These goals include eradicating hunger in a world where according to the numbers of 2018, some 821 million people, in other words one in nine, are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. Hunger and malnutrition are currently the greatest health risks in the world, constituting of a number that is more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Therefore, the Sustainable Development Goal 2 is to achieve zero hunger by 2030.

Furthermore, the project "Creating Turkish-Syrian Socioeconomic Integration and Employment with Agriculture" funded by the EU and in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be launched in the upcoming months and within this scope, education for nearly 4,500 Syrians and 1,500 farmers/producers will be provided. Some lessons regarding the creation of sustainable job opportunities will be given to farmers and producers.

"By this means, we intend to enhance product quality and efficiency in the agricultural sector besides creating jobs," FAO-SEC added.

Even though the production of food increased substantially, the demand for food increased parallel to it as the population of the world continues to grow. The most alarming situation is in Africa, where numbers show slight but steady increases in nearly all regions. In Asia, the numbers have been falling except for Western Asia and Southern Asia, with the highest numbers in undernourishment. In fact, the majority of undernourished people in the world is living in Asia, constituting of a number of more than 500 million people. According to the data of 2018, this number has steadily increased to 260 million people in Africa. Considering all these facts, achieving zero hunger by 2030 seems to be quite a tough challenge.

Through the FAO Turkey Forestry Partnership Program, Turkey contributed $3 million to expand Africa's Great Green Wall (BRIDGES), which aims to restore 5,000 hectares of degraded land in three African countries along the Sahara, namely Eritrea, Mauritania and Sudan.

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The polarization of diets continues in the world, with obesity hitting record levels on one side and hunger increasing on the other. International organizations have been pushing efforts to lend a helping hand to those in need with various programs worldwide. Accumulating experience on humanitarian diplomacy in recent years with campaigns by state organizations, Turkey is one of the highest-contributing countries working to achieve a balanced distribution of food.

"Thanks to the operational support of the Turkish government, our ability to respond to the national needs and regional priorities has been strengthened with the establishment of the Food and Agriculture Organization Subregional Office for Central Asia [FAO-SEC] in Ankara," the FAO-SEC representative told Daily Sabah. With more than 194 member states, one of which is Turkey, FAO strives to end hunger once and for all in the world, enabling everyone to lead a healthy and active life.

Every year on Oct. 16, the FAO of the United Nations celebrates the organization's founding with World Food Day (WFD). Marking its 74th anniversary this year, it is celebrated through events organized by FAO offices, governments and stakeholders of up to 150 countries around the world and calls for action to achieve zero hunger. Given the increase of overweight and obesity rates worldwide, this year, World Food Day calls for action to make healthy and sustainable diets available and affordable to everyone. In light of this, many activities will be organized in Turkey.

"The theme of this year's World Food Day is 'Our actions are our future. Healthy diets for a #ZeroHunger world' and to raise awareness specifically thinking about what we eat, we plan to organize many activities with private and government institutions and nongovernmental organizations," FAO-SEC explained. The many activities of WFD 2019 include a FAO-WHO Joint Symposium on "Prevention and Control of NCDs, Healthy Diet, Food Safety and Risk Management for Sustainable Development" in Elazığ on Oct. 4-5, on Oct. 10 a Food Festival in collaboration with Turuncu Bayrak in Ankara and on Oct. 17 the main event, the 5th Sustainable Food Conference and World Food Day Meeting in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Sustainable Academy and the Turkish Food and Beverage Industry Association (TÜGİS) in Istanbul.

Not long ago, in 2015, Turkey led a significant initiative within the framework of the G20 chairmanship and ensured that the focus of the G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in May 2015 became food waste and loss. "The campaign was launched with the heading 'Zero Waste for Zero Hunger: Support to reduce Food Loss and Food Waste.' Two workshops were realized for this project carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The first technical workshop was conducted on Feb. 19 with the personnel of central units of the ministry, of 81 provincial directorates and representatives of FAO-SEC and the Turkish presidency. The second one was organized in early April, hosting speakers from both the private sector and civil society to find an area of collaboration to reduce food loss and waste in Turkey," according to the FAO-SEC.

The first office of FAO, of which Turkey has been a member since 1948, was opened in 1982 in Ankara and in 2007, together with the Host Country Agreement, the Subregional Office for Central Asia was opened and FAO's relationship with Turkey and the projects in the region were enhanced. "As a donor, Turkey has provided financing of $30 million so far," the FAOSEC representative said.
Joint programs assist refugees in integration
In cooperation with the World Food Program (WFP), over 5 million refugees, the majority of which are Syrians, are being assisted in Turkey, the country with the greatest refugee influx in the world. In May 2011, Turkey set up its first camps for the refugees and began to help them build a life in Turkey like normal citizens. The Turkish Red Crescent, the countries' largest humanitarian aid organization, also sent 50,000 trucks of aid to those in Syria besides helping those within Turkey's borders. Turkey experienced a lack of qualified workers in the agriculture sector and thus, the need for skilled and semi-skilled workers arose.

"As FAO, we saw this as an opportunity for refugees to acquire agricultural skills and a regular income, thus the main aim for our projects was set," stated FAO.

"In cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the funds of the EU, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Japanese government, we organized vocational and technical training in eight provinces selected according to need base, namely Adana, Mersin, Şanlıurfa, Gaziantep, Mardin, Isparta, Kilis and İzmir, together with the support of the ministry's provincial directorates and the union of local producers. 2015 trainees completed the training successfully and about 22% of them got a job from job fairs organized after," the FAO-SEC stated.

The Turkish Red Crescent also pursues aid campaigns for the fight against global hunger every year in larger aspects. Under the leadership of the President of Turkish Red Crescent Kerem Kınık, one of the headings of the 2030 Strategy in accordance with the U.N.'s goals was "The Fight against Global Hunger." The Turkish Red Crescent provided help for 5.6 million people in 28 countries in 2016, and 6,8 million people in 38 countries in 2017. In 2018, on the other hand, these numbers rose to 7 million people in 53 countries.

In another FAO-supported project completed in February, 150 refugees chosen from the temporary housing center in southern Osmaniye province, home to 15,000 people, were educated on vegetable growing in the greenhouse set up by FAO next to the camp. At the end of this training, the vegetables were distributed in the center for free and a great contribution was made for food security and access to food for refugees.

In 2000, a U.N. summit was held, and the historic millennium declaration was signed by 189 countries, thus creating the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with deadlines that include ending poverty and hunger. These goals include eradicating hunger in a world where according to the numbers of 2018, some 821 million people, in other words one in nine, are suffering from hunger and malnutrition. Hunger and malnutrition are currently the greatest health risks in the world, constituting of a number that is more than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Therefore, the Sustainable Development Goal 2 is to achieve zero hunger by 2030.

Furthermore, the project "Creating Turkish-Syrian Socioeconomic Integration and Employment with Agriculture" funded by the EU and in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will be launched in the upcoming months and within this scope, education for nearly 4,500 Syrians and 1,500 farmers/producers will be provided. Some lessons regarding the creation of sustainable job opportunities will be given to farmers and producers.

"By this means, we intend to enhance product quality and efficiency in the agricultural sector besides creating jobs," FAO-SEC added.

Even though the production of food increased substantially, the demand for food increased parallel to it as the population of the world continues to grow. The most alarming situation is in Africa, where numbers show slight but steady increases in nearly all regions. In Asia, the numbers have been falling except for Western Asia and Southern Asia, with the highest numbers in undernourishment. In fact, the majority of undernourished people in the world is living in Asia, constituting of a number of more than 500 million people. According to the data of 2018, this number has steadily increased to 260 million people in Africa. Considering all these facts, achieving zero hunger by 2030 seems to be quite a tough challenge.

Through the FAO Turkey Forestry Partnership Program, Turkey contributed $3 million to expand Africa's Great Green Wall (BRIDGES), which aims to restore 5,000 hectares of degraded land in three African countries along the Sahara, namely Eritrea, Mauritania and Sudan.

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World Food Day: Turkey's contribution to zero hunger goal

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The polarization of diets continues in the world, with obesity hitting record levels on one side and hunger increasing on the other. International organizations have been pushing efforts to lend a helping hand to those in need with various programs worldwide.

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World Food Programme's Website

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Ending world hunger is one of the greatest challenges of our times. Across the globe, up to 828 million people do not have enough food and 49 million people are facing emergency levels of hunger. Indeed, parts of Yemen, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Nigeria may be close to&nbsp

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https://www.globalhungerindex.org/results.html

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Omar worked on the global aspects of the zero hunger and his graphs will be used for the poster that we will make.

Yasemin worked on the Food corporations that help poor and homeless people in globally and in Turkey.

Zeynep Sude worked on interesting facts about zero hunger and in the poster we will have a pocket for tips:) Also she searched about zero hunger in general.

Rabia worked on the specific tasks that have been done in Turkey and searched about the problems that comes after zero hunger.

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Hunger defines a short-term physical discomfort as a result of chronic food shortage, or in severe cases, a life-threatening lack of food. (National Research Council, 2006)
World hunger refers to hunger aggregated to the global level. Related terms include food insecurity and malnutrition. Food insecurity refers to limited or unreliable access to foods that are safe and nutritionally adequate (National Research Council, 2006). Malnutrition is a condition resulting from insufficient intake of biologically necessary nutrients (National Research Council, 2006). Although malnutrition includes both overnutrition and undernutrition, the focus for global hunger is undernutrition.

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1. Nearly 800 million are still hungry

2. Two billion suffering from micronutrient deficiency (iron, zinc, vitamin A)

3. Nearly 1 in 4 children under age five today are stunted 45% of deaths under age five are attributed to malnutrition 1.9 billion overweight, 600 million obese

4. Malnutrition in all its forms represents the #1 risk factor in the global burden of disease

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The three main problems:

Boosting food production but also increasing and stabilizing incomes of poor producers through combination of technical supports and social protection measures;

Making food and agriculture systems more inclusive, productive, sustainable, nutrition-sensitive and resilient;

Mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change.

Hunger is strongly interconnected with poverty, and it involves interactions among an array of social, political, demographic, and societal factors. People living in poverty frequently face household food insecurity, use inappropriate care practices, and live in unsafe environments that have low access to quality water, sanitation, and hygiene, and inadequate access or availability to health services and education—all of which contribute to hunger. Conflict is also a key driver of severe food crises, including famine—a fact officially recognized by the UN Security Council in May 2018 . Hunger and undernutrition are much worse when conflicts are prolonged and institutions are weak. The number of conflicts is on the rise, some worsened by climate-related shocks. People and organizations working to combat hunger must take conflict-sensitive approaches, much more so than in the past. Weather-related events, in part associated with climate change, have also impacted food availability in many countries and thus contributed to the rise of food insecurity. Economic downturns in countries dependent on oil and other primary-commodity export revenues has also affected food availability and decreased people’s ability to access food.

1. Continued population growth  9.5 bn + higher incomes driving a food transition

2. Stress and degradation of natural resources

3. Resource conflicts

4. Climate change

5. Rural stagnation: 3.5 bn, not shrinking, getting poorer

6. Urbanization changing food access, driving food transition

7. Changing food systems: longer value chains, diminished quality of diets

8. Zoonotic diseases and AMRs

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Statistics in the world

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), almost 1 billion people suffer from chronic hunger and almost 2 billion are under- or over nourished. Children are the most visible victims of nutritional deficiencies. Approximately 5 million children die each year because of poor nutrition. Access to adequate food during the first 1,000 days of life is vitally important for healthy future generations. Even a temporary lack of food during that crucial time has a negative effect on physical and intellectual development.  The prevalence of undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa has declined from 33.2 percent in 1990– 92 to 23.2 percent in 2014–16, although the number of undernourished people has actually increased (FAO et al., 2017).In Southern Asia, which includes the countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the prevalence of undernourishment is rising again, increasing from 9.4 percent in 2015 to 11.5 percent in 2016 (FAO et al., 2017). Eastern Asia (where China is the largest country) and South-eastern Asia (including Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam) have reduced undernutrition substantially. Latin America has the most successful developing region record in increasing food security; however, the prevalence of undernutrition has been rising again, especially in South America, from 5 percent in 2015 to 5.6 percent in 2016 (FAO et al., 2017). 2015 marked the end of the monitoring period for the two internationally agreed targets for hunger reduction. The target for the Millennium Development Goals for lower-middle-income countries as a whole was to halve the proportion of hungry people by 2015 from the base year(s) of 1990-2, or from 23.2 percent to ll.6 percent. As the proportion in 2014-16 is 12.9 percent, the goal has almost been met. Following the Millennium Development Goals, the Sustainable Development Goals aim to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030 (FAO et al., 2017).

Predictions:

FAO statistics confirm that the world produces enough food to feed the 7 billion people living today, and even the estimated 9-10 billion population in 2050. Global agriculture produces 17% more calories per person today than 30 years ago, despite a 70% increase in population. Despite this, for the 2 billion people making less than $2 a day – many of whom live in rural areas where resource-poor farmers cultivate small plots of land – most can’t afford to buy food. It is an economic system that is responsible for this prevalence of poverty and hunger. Zero hunger by 2030 is possible with political will, public participation and the right combination of policies and technical and financial support.

What did Turkey do to prevent the hunger?

In 2015, Turkey led a significant initiative within the framework of the G20 chairmanship and ensured that the focus of the G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting in May 2015 became food waste and loss. "The campaign was launched with the heading 'Zero Waste for Zero Hunger: Support to reduce Food Loss and Food Waste.' Two workshops were realized for this project carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.  "As a donor, Turkey has provided financing of $30 million so far," the FAOSEC representative said. In cooperation with the World Food Program (WFP), over 5 million refugees, the majority of which are Syrians, are being assisted in Turkey, the country with the greatest refugee influx in the world.urkey contributed $3 million to expand Africa's Great Green Wall (BRIDGES), which aims to restore 5,000 hectares of degraded land in three African countries along the Sahara, namely Eritrea, Mauritania and Sudan.

Tips:

1. There is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone on the planet.

2. More than 820 million people worldwide go to bed hungry each night.

3. Small farmers, herders, and fishermen produce about 70 percent of the global food supply, yet they are especially vulnerable to food insecurity – poverty and hunger are most acute among rural populations.

4. Conflict is a major driver of hunger: The UN estimates that 489 million of 815 million undernourished people and 122 million of 155 million stunted children live in countries affected by conflict.

5. An estimated 17 million children under the age of five worldwide suffer from severe acute malnutrition, also known as severe wasting, yet only 20 percent of severely malnourished children have access to lifesaving treatment.