Exercise 1: UN Me

Name: Jeacy Mae A. Gallego Date: July 8, 2019

Section: BS in Accountancy-1 Score:

Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

(FAO) leads international efforts to raise levels of nutrition,
improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural
populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.
FAO’s vision of a world without hunger is one in which most
people are able, by themselves, to obtain the food they need for
an active and healthy life, and where social safety nets ensure
that those who lack resources still get enough to eat.

To make FAO’s vision a reality, development processes

combined with social safety nets must reach marginalized and
food insecure people on a large scale. The strategic approach
advocated by FAO draws on lessons learned from its Special
Program for Food Security (SPFS), which is being implemented in
1O5 countries with the objective of demonstrating the
feasibility of improving agricultural yields, incomes and the
welfare of small-scale farming families.

The Philippines has made “significant progress” in

improving food production and security, according to a Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). However,
extreme challenges still remain as the country faces problems of
malnutrition and hunger. The country also did not achieve the
World Food Summit (WFS) target of halving the number of
undernourished people by 2015. The report attributed this to
“slow progress.”The Philippines remains to be among the
countries that suffer the most problems when it comes to
malnutrition and hunger in Southeast Asia. However, the FAO
commended the efforts of the Philippines in attaining rice self-
sufficiency by making it a major national priority and policy
platform of the government. FAO gave assurances it will continue
to assist the efforts of the Philippines to help achieve zero
hunger through projects such as empowering national and local
government agencies in addressing issues related to food and
nutrition security, improving agricultural production, and
promoting sustainable management of resources.

References:

Gavilan, J (2015). ‘Significant Progress’ in food security seen

in PH – FAO report. Retrieved from www.google.com/amp
/s/amp.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/hunger/94625-philippines-
regional-report-2015-food-security on July 7, 2019.

United Nations Information Center Manila (nd). Resident Agencies

in the Philippines. Retrieved from unicmanila.org/the-un-
in-the-region/the-un-in-the-philippines/resident-agencies-
in-the-philippines/ on July 7, 2019.