WHO said it had teamed up with other United Nations agencies to support farmers wishing to convert from growing tobacco to growing food. theSun theSundaily tobacco health UnitedNations WHO
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, the WHO said it had teamed up with other United Nations agencies to support farmers wishing to convert from growing tobacco to growing food. AFPPIX: The World Health Organization said Friday it was helping a growing number of farmers turn away from tobacco to help strengthen food security, particularly in Africa.
“A record of 349 million people face acute food insecurity and that is up from 135 million in 2019,“ Ruediger Krech, the WHO’s director for health promotion, told reporters in Geneva. The UN health agency is concerned that tobacco companies are gaining an increasing foothold in Africa, with a rise of nearly 20 percent in tobacco plantations across the continent since 2005.
“They’re trapped. They need to repay the debt before they can discontinue the work for big tobacco,“ said Krech. “They have already shifted to growing high iron beans. This moving away from growing also meant that children can go to school instead of growing tobacco.Krech said the concept had been proven in the first year and it hopes to have around 5,000 farmers on board -- 4,000 in Kenya and 1,000 in Zambia -- by the end of the next season.
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