Hunger can be made a part of the world’s past, but only if all institutions and people work together, said Pope Frances, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. “Our investment in rural youth and the operations that our teams carry out every day in the field are based on a deep conviction,” he said. “We cannot and shall not return to a world where hunger increases every year,” Houngbo added. She said that rural women still face many challenges such as access to land, education and finance, even if they work longer hours than their male counterparts. “This is why the Rome-based agencies are collaborating to support innovation and entrepreneurship among smallholder farmers.

Source: News Business Ethiopia February 15, 2019 08:37 UTC