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Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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Live From UNGA — Day 4 | Food Systems Summit | Security Council meets on climate security (UN Dispatch)

September 23, 2021


UN Dispatch published a summary of Day 4 at the UNFSS. Jemimah Njuki, Director for Africa. Dr. Njuki explains in a UN podcast (begins at 1:43) why this meeting was called and discusses some key outcomes from the Food Systems Summit. The world is NOT on track to meet the SDGs and end global hunger. COVID-19 has made food security worse. We have a lot to do. We know our food systems haven’t functioned in the way they were intended. We need to fix our food systems and no one is left behind.” Njuki discusses the commitments from heads of states to achieve the SDGs; the US government has come to the table with US10B to achieve these goals, etc. 

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