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Carlo Azzarri

Carlo Azzarri is a Senior Research Fellow in the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. His work focuses on the relationships among poverty, nutrition, food security, agriculture, the environment, production, and migration—analyzed at both micro and macroeconomic levels, primarily using quantitative methods.

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UN says stopping meat would harm the health of millions of people (Reporte Indigo)

October 19, 2020


Report Indigo (Mexico) published an article that said, Although, several environmental researchers have indicated that stopping meat and animal products consumption would improve the state of the planet, the United Nations (UN ) said that this would be detrimental to the health of millions of people. The Global Hunger Index even revealed this week that around 690 million people around the world suffered from chronic hunger in 2019, which is more than twice the population of the United States. 

Senior Research Fellow David Laborde stated, “In the next decade, economic growth will help reduce poverty and hunger around the world, but it will not be enough, especially for farmers.” (Reach 124K) Republished in ZocolaPressForm (Brazil), Bol (Brazil), Terra Brasil.

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