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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 14h

Greetings from Day 3 of #WorldFoodForum! We’re bringing together 4 pillars of the #HandinHand Investment Forum (countries, private sector, int'l financial institutions, @FAO technical support) to de-risk and make investments climate-, technology-smart for good food for all, today and tomorrow.

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 1d

+2,000 partners are @FAO for #HandinHand Investment Forum. 31 national + 6 regional plans, totaling $15.9B in agrifood investments to boost food security, nutrition & climate resilience for 175 million people. Data-driven transformation for good food for all. #WorldFoodForum

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 2d

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

Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 8d

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

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...

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amisoutlook.bsky.social @amisoutlook.bsky.social · 12d

#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

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 12d

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

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TCA Accelerator @tcaaccelerator.bsky.social · 14d

"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

📺 www.youtube.com/live/t9QNtTy...

Nourishing People, Planet, and our Future

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 15d

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

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Food Tank @foodtank.bsky.social · 20d

“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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations @fao.org · 28d

📢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...

Learn more💻➡️ fao.org/platform-foo...

#FAO80 #FLWDay

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 22d

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.

amisoutlook.bsky.social @amisoutlook.bsky.social · 26d

AMIS Weekly Market News Summary – 19 September 2025

📌 Now available on the AMIS resources page: www.amis-outlook.org/resources

📷 Subscribe to receive it by email: www.amis-outlook.org/subscription

#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT

Screenshot of some points from our Market News Summary: "Wheat; Maize/Soybean; Rice; Fertilizers; Trade logistics; Vegetable and biofuel; Policy developments". More info on our website!

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 22d

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

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 27d

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.

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 27d

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

Reimagining Agriculture for Young People

Maximo Torero urges policymakers to steer new generations toward the rapidly growing category of off-farm jobs.

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · 29d

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

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

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…

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Sep 9

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

Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

AMIS Agricultural Market Information System

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Sep 1

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

Hunger rises in Africa, but some countries are beating the odds - MyJoyOnline

For the first time in years, global hunger is edging down: from 8.5 per cent of the world population in 2023 to 8.2 per cent in 2024, according to the UN’s food security report

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Aug 28

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

Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

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Maximo Torero @maximotorero.bsky.social · Aug 22

#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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