Maximo Torero

From a youth initiative to a global movement, #WorldFoodForum brings together countries, researchers, businesses & young people to shape the future of food. Wherever you are, be part of a week of inspiring events: www.world-food-forum.org/en

Every day, we buy food without seeing its true cost to our health, the planet, and the people who produce it. #TrueCostAccounting reveals food's hidden costs -- and hidden values to restore health, nature, and fairer societies. 📷 FAO/Minasyan

WFF 2025 flagship event | Home The 2025 WFF flagship event leverages the power of intergenerational collaboration, as well as partnerships and action across policy, science, innovation, ed...

Efforts to transform agrifood systems must include young people. Example: in rural Peru, students who watched ag extension videos helped parents adopt better farming practices. With #WorldFoodForum next week, we're reminded that youth are change agents. bit.ly/3KwgRut

#AMISMarketMonitor October edition is out! Harvests advance across hemispheres with overall good crop prospects, prices mostly easing except for firm soybeans, while trade tensions reshape flows and could weigh on future planting
👉 amis-outlook.org/market-monitor

Reducing food loss & waste is a potent yet underused weapon in our fight against hunger & malnutrition. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, losses cost $4B a year. Cutting losses near farms can boost food security & income. Cutting waste at retail can lower emissions. 📷 FAO/Sadurni

Nourishing People, Planet, and our Future YouTube video by Food Tank

"We decide on choices thinking about today, and not accounting for tomorrow."
- @maximotorero.bsky.social talking about #TrueCostAccounting at New York Climate Week

Watch the conversation, hosted by @foodtank.bsky.social

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Food is the great unequalizer. When recessions hit, poor families turn to the cheapest calories, the least healthy. The result is a vicious cycle of hunger, obesity and inequality. Investing in affordable, healthy diets isn’t a cost; it’s one of the smartest savings. 📷 Le/Unsplash

“Normally we worry about today and forget about tomorrow. But every action we take today has consequences. Food for all today must also mean food for all tomorrow.”

- @maximotorero.bsky.social, Chief Economist, UN @fao.org.

📢You are invited!

Sixth Observance of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.

🗓️29 September 2025 | 13:30 CEST

Register online: fao.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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#FAO80 #FLWDay

Bit of background here: AMIS was created by the G20 in 2011 after the 2007-08 food crisis highlighted the need for a global tool to curb price volatility. During Covid-19, AMIS provided countries with real-time data that helped prevent panic-driven export bans.

Does geography determine poverty? Peru shows it’s not destiny. With equal access to services, households thrive anywhere. #HandinHand takes this approach globally, maps where need is greatest and potential highest, then channels investment for impact. t.co/ytCUBTrDZN 📷 Gustavo Leighton/Unsplash

Reimagining Agriculture for Young People Maximo Torero urges policymakers to steer new generations toward the rapidly growing category of off-farm jobs.

It’s time to make farming cool again -- and profitable for young people. With smart investment, young people can bring the skills and energy to modernize agriculture, sustain food chains, and feed the world.
My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Vl4547
#YouthInAgrifood

Reimagining Agriculture for Young People Maximo Torero urges policymakers to steer new generations toward the rapidly growing category of off-farm jobs.

It’s time to make farming cool again -- and profitable for young people. With smart investment, young people can bring the skills and energy to modernize agriculture, sustain food chains, and feed the world.
My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Vl4547
#YouthInAgrifood

Reimagining Agriculture for Young People Maximo Torero urges policymakers to steer new generations toward the rapidly growing category of off-farm jobs.

Enticing new generations to work in agriculture requires a paradigm shift in how we view the sector. @maximotorero.bsky.social explains how to bring it about. bit.ly/3Vl4547

Europe’s agrifood systems are under strain. Climate shocks cost €28.3B a year and 39 million people can't afford healthy diets. With robust data, clear policies, strong farmer protections and societal change, Europe can lead agrifood systems transformation. #SOFI2025 📸 Bernd Dittrich on Unsplash

A World Still Hungry: The Uneven Toll of Food Inflation The full-blown food crisis predicted during the pandemic never materialized, showing the global agrifood system has built resilience to withstand shocks like pandemics, wars, and economic swings. T…

When supply chains are strong, prices are less volatile. The key to lowering food prices sustainably is to invest in agrifood systems, which would address vulnerabilities from production to distribution, while also creating jobs. #SOFI2025 My blog: tinyurl.com/2ex8u6fh

The #HandinHand Investment Forum is a matchmaker for agrifood investment. Countries present plans, investors ask questions. And it lowers risks for private investors through robust evidence & blended finance. Join us 14-17 Oct in Rome: tinyurl.com/bpajbzdr

Global supply chains are the lifeline for food. Trade barriers shrink trade and add volatility. Countries that cut hunger despite food inflation avoided such distortions. Systems like AMIS give countries real-time data to avoid reactive trade policies. www.amis-outlook.org/home

Gambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania & Zimbabwe all reduced hunger, even as food prices soared and hunger rose across the continent. Now’s the time to scale up what works. #AfricaFoodSystemsForum2025 #SOFI2025 tinyurl.com/2syxs6w5

AI is like a powerful, fast-moving wild horse; we must guide it, so it works for us. AI can help predict extreme weather, so we can act early. Every $1 in preparedness yields $7. @DaniNierenberg and I chatted about this and more on @foodtank podcast. tinyurl.com/nhbhtcfw

Climate-smart livestock systems show how better feed, manure management, solar power and farmer training can slash methane emissions. True sustainability happens when innovations are guided by eco-stewardship and social inclusion. #AgriFoodSystems #SolarCow 📸 Alons on Unsplash

No longer on the hunger map: Chile, Costa Rica, Guyana, Uruguay, Brazil. Behind this progress are coordinated policies across the economy, health, education, agriculture -- and social protection. Progress is possible even amid a pandemic, inflation & climate shocks. #SOFI2025

#IPC confirms famine in Gaza (Phase 5, worst case):
– 641,000 people face starvation & death
– Famine spreading beyond Gaza City
– Child malnutrition soaring: 12,000 in July (6x Jan)
A ceasefire is the only way humanitarian aid can reach those in need.
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The #WorldFoodForum is where the next generation steps up to shape the future of food. Since 2021, WFF has mobilized youth, science & investment to build resilient, inclusive & sustainable agrifood systems. This year we also mark @FAO’s 80th anniversary: www.world-food-forum.org/theme/en

India Can Turn Hunger Gains Into Lasting Change India’s gains in fighting hunger are the result of its policy investments in food security.

India has made decisive gains against hunger through digital tech, smarter governance and better service delivery. The next move: shifting from calories to nutrition. Full blog here: tinyurl.com/4kpuhyf6 #SOFI2025

Turning risk into response: A smarter way to act before crisis From reaction to prevention, the @FAO Financing for Shock-Driven Food Crisis Facility helps us act early - before crises escalate. See how we protect lives and use science to trigger faster, smarter a...

Hunger drives most humanitarian aid but help too often comes too late. We need financing that anticipates risks, acts fast, protects smallholders & blends public, private capital. Example: FSFC uses reinsurance + science-based triggers to release $ early. tinyurl.com/mum4cctm

Between 638 and 720 million people faced hunger in 2024.

⏩ Swipe to learn what are the policy solutions to help address the impacts of high food prices on global hunger.

Download The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 Report here: buff.ly/XTUBDy0

#SOFI2025

🍊 Madd de Casamance, the first Senegalese product with a Geographical Indication — in collaboration with OAPI, @wipo.int & @fao.org.

It preserves forests, keeps traditions alive, empowers youth & women, and lifts incomes by ~20%.

🔗https://shorturl.at/bwnTW

#YouthDay

85% of the world’s youth live where agrifood systems are a key sector.

The opportunities in agrifood systems are huge, but only if we work with young people to unlock them.

🔊 @fao.org's Edoardo De Santis explains how you can be part of the conversation.

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#YouthDay

85% of the world’s youth live where agrifood systems are a key sector.

But barriers hold them back.

The opportunities in agrifood systems are huge, but only if we work with young people to unlock them.

More 👉 buff.ly/Vu2HMIm

#MoveFoodForward #YouthDay