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Samuel Benin

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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UN says stopping meat would harm the health of millions of people (Reporte Indigo)

October 19, 2020


Report Indigo (Mexico) published an article that said, Although, several environmental researchers have indicated that stopping meat and animal products consumption would improve the state of the planet, the United Nations (UN ) said that this would be detrimental to the health of millions of people. The Global Hunger Index even revealed this week that around 690 million people around the world suffered from chronic hunger in 2019, which is more than twice the population of the United States. 

Senior Research Fellow David Laborde stated, “In the next decade, economic growth will help reduce poverty and hunger around the world, but it will not be enough, especially for farmers.” (Reach 124K) Republished in ZocolaPressForm (Brazil), Bol (Brazil), Terra Brasil.

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