World Expo in Osaka Japan Targets Zero Hunger



An exhibit focusing on world hunger has been on display for the past two weeks, ending today, June 15, 2025, at the World Expo in Japan.  World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is currently taking place in Japan under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”.

The exhibition promotes agrifood systems, improved nutrition, school meals and food aid., and is co-sponsored by three United Nations agencies:  the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Food Programme (WFP).

Visitors learn how innovation, investment, and collaboration can transform agrifood systems from farm to table via examples.  The IFAD representative in Japan explained:  “Hunger often remains a silent, invisible crisis. It rarely makes the headlines unless it becomes famine. Yet it continues to devastate lives every day, even though the world produces enough food for everyone. We can solve global hunger with the right investments, especially in small-scale food producers in developing countries, many of whom paradoxically suffer from hunger,.”  see:  https://www.ifad.org/en/w/news/the-fight-against-global-hunger-takes-center-stage-at-expo-2025-osaka

World Expos are held every five years.  The last three since 2010 have been in Dhubai, Shangai and Milan.  World Expos, officially known as International Registered Exhibitions, are a global gathering of nations dedicated to finding solutions to pressing challenges.  Each welcomes tens of millions of visitors, allow countries to build extraordinary pavilions and transform the host city for years to come.

 

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