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People's Health Movement’s (PHM’s) Food and Nutrition thematic circle has called for a boycott of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 because of corporate influence and the marginalisation of civil society voices. newsclick.in/UN-Food-System…
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Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee has also called for mobilisation to challenge the Summit and reclaim people’s sovereignty over food systems. (2)

"One of the important concerns raised was the involvement of the WEF & the appointment of the President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), as the Special Envoy for the summit, given AGRA is also an alliance that promotes the interests of agribusiness. " (3)

"Agriculture forms the largest source of livelihoods in India. The promotion of the interests of agribusiness will have a significant impact on a major portion of the population, given that the Indian govt is already quite keen on corporatisation of the agricultural sector." (4)

"According to experts, in countries like India, that call could become a tool to aggravate a fraught political situation & stress already undernourished populations. In the EAT-Lancet Commission Report 2019, India was praised for being a good model for plant-based diets." (5)

"India’s nutrition statistics shows that the heavily-praised vegetarianism is not working so well for the country. In the 2020 Global Hunger Index (GHI), India ranked 94 of 107 countries. With a score of 27.2, GHI categorised the level of hunger in India as ‘Serious’" (6)

"38% Indian children under five are stunted. About 1in 5 women & men are underweight.... Anemia affects almost 60% of children aged six to 59 months, more than half of women between 15 to 49 years old, and almost one in four men in that same age group." (7)

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