Slow Food President calls for peace and climate action on World Food Day

Slow Food President Edward Mukkiibi

 ROME - In a press realease, Edward Mukkiibi, the President of the charitable organisation Slow Food, has celebrated the right to food as a fundamental part of a better life and a brighter future. Mr Mukkiibi also addressed the ongoing wars in the world, and how to confront climate change.

 Mr Mukkiibi reaffirmed Slow Food’s belief that “food can be a bridge to peace, advocating for a world where access to food and the resources required to produce it are guaranteed for everyone, especially those living in conflict zones.” Mr Mukkiibi went on to call for “an immediate end to all violence in ongoing conflicts, including in the Gaza Strip, Sudan, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, and Yemen.” 

 Mr Mukkiibi also used the occasion of world food day to discuss the impending climate disaster: “We are witnessing the daily consequences of the climate crisis: glaciers are melting, rivers are drying up, extreme heat waves are intensifying, and violent floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes are becoming more frequent ... Biodiversity loss and unchecked desertification are increasing at an alarming rate. 

 However, Mr Mukkiibi did also offer a message of hope, describing how adopting agroecological practices can make a real difference to the impact we have on the environment. 

 In this spirit of collective action Slow Food has signed the Peoples’ Manifesto on the Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition, which calls for urgent political action to end starvation as a weapon of war, address food insecurity, combat inequality, and transform global food systems. The Manifesto emphasizes the need for greater social participation and accountability in global decision-making to ensure the right to adequate food and nutrition for all. 

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