On World Food Day GAIN is celebrating some real successes in tackling poverty and malnutrition. We have a long way to go but hunger is falling, child mortality is at its lowest point in history, the gender gap is narrowing and more children are in education than ever before. The spread of technologies like mobile phones is increasing access to essential services like banking, healthcare and agricultural support even to the most remote communities. For the first time in history we believe that it is possible to eradicate malnutrition in our lifetimes. But to achieve this we need to build a food system that is fit for the future. Poverty, climate change, conflict and humanitarian crises add up...
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