Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 11/2020

Healthy diets

Markets

Trade agreements as door-openers

Trade agreements secure lucrative markets for Big Food

Food industry

Profit prioritised

Food manufacturers undermine healthy eating and promote malnutrition

Food insecurity

As in biblical times

East Africa is living with the looming threat of a second invasion of desert locusts

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Global data

Poverty is worsening

Why the World Bank expects extreme poverty to increase dramatically this year

Nutrient deficiency

Hunger without feeling hungry

Hidden hunger is a nutritional problem caused by a lack of vital vitamins, minerals and trace elements

Agricultural diversification

Dethroning King Maize

Zambian government is reconsidering whether maize should remain country’s main staple food

Food security

The ravages of acute hunger

In Zimbabwe, people increasingly worry not what, but whether they will eat tomorrow

International NGO

Mother Earth’s food diversity

Slow Food is a global grassroots organisation, which was founded in Italy in 1989

Traditional crops

Useful lessons

In Malawi, Slow Food campaigners are promoting the cultivation of traditional crops – and not only for health reasons

Our view

Lack of awareness

In regard to healthy diets, all world regions need better education

Healthy nutrition

It’s all in the mix

Political will and raising public awareness are the basis for good nutrition

Lifestyles

Facing a global challenge

Healthier diets would help to control Brazil’s obesity epidemic