Given the lack of progress toward ending global hunger and malnutrition by 2030, the UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, will convene a Food Systems Summit in New York on Sept 23. One of Gain's donors is the pesticide producer BASF, which seeks to portray itself as a "food systems hero". UN human-rights experts have been damning in their criticism of the process, which has sidelined the UN's Committee on World Food Security (CFS). Permitting this outlook to dominate major international forums like the UN Food Systems Summit will further undermine democracy and self-determination. Sadly, the UN summit is more likely to feed corporate profits than provide hope to hundreds of millions of hungry people.

Source: Bangkok Post September 22, 2021 23:26 UTC