Maximo Torero
@maximotorero.bsky.social
Chief Economist at @fao.org | https://maximotorero.com/
Agrifood systems link what we grow, trade and eat to health, equity and the planet but are chronically underfunded, receiving just 4% of climate finance despite generating 1/3 of global emissions. Stronger, coordinated investment can deliver on Zero Hunger and climate goals. doi.org/10.4060/cd51...
Financing food for a better future
Hunger has increased substantially since the Third Financing for Development Conference held in Addis Ababa in July 2015, reaching 733 million people in 2023. Yet, financing for agrifood systems, whic...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Agrifood systems link what we grow, trade and eat to health, equity and the planet but are chronically underfunded, receiving just 4% of climate finance despite generating 1/3 of global emissions. Stronger, coordinated investment can deliver on Zero Hunger and climate goals. doi.org/10.4060/cd51...
With 80% of the world’s poor living in rural areas, inclusive value chains are key to rural transformation. They link farmers, laborers, processors, traders, and consumers so everyone benefits from markets, driving equity, instead of exclusion. Photo: FAO/Daniel Olomo Beloumou
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
With 80% of the world’s poor living in rural areas, inclusive value chains are key to rural transformation. They link farmers, laborers, processors, traders, and consumers so everyone benefits from markets, driving equity, instead of exclusion. Photo: FAO/Daniel Olomo Beloumou
With better data, we can spot weak links along value chains and design simple, targeted fixes. In school feeding programs, when kids don’t eat, the problem isn’t hunger; it’s taste. Small menu tweaks can boost nutrition and cut waste. My chat w/ Lise Walbom of Food Nation Denmark: t.co/Gu1GGQ4m5o
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November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
With better data, we can spot weak links along value chains and design simple, targeted fixes. In school feeding programs, when kids don’t eat, the problem isn’t hunger; it’s taste. Small menu tweaks can boost nutrition and cut waste. My chat w/ Lise Walbom of Food Nation Denmark: t.co/Gu1GGQ4m5o
1.7 billion people live on land degraded by human activity, where yields are falling. Restoring just 10% of degraded cropland could feed 154 million more people a year. Sustainability must be economically viable for farmers of all sizes. tinyurl.com/y8uvdrfm #SOFA2025 📸FAO/Azizi
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
1.7 billion people live on land degraded by human activity, where yields are falling. Restoring just 10% of degraded cropland could feed 154 million more people a year. Sustainability must be economically viable for farmers of all sizes. tinyurl.com/y8uvdrfm #SOFA2025 📸FAO/Azizi
70% of $630 billion in annual farm subsidies is tied to production or inputs, propping up staples, dairy, meats, not fruits, vegetables, or pulses. The solution isn’t more spending, but smarter spending so every dollar serves nutrition, equity, sustainability. 📷Dittrich/Unsplash
October 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
70% of $630 billion in annual farm subsidies is tied to production or inputs, propping up staples, dairy, meats, not fruits, vegetables, or pulses. The solution isn’t more spending, but smarter spending so every dollar serves nutrition, equity, sustainability. 📷Dittrich/Unsplash
Fertilizer costs 4x more in Africa than in Europe due to transport costs, poor infrastructure and concentrated global industry. Africa uses just 3-4% of global fertilizer despite vast cropland. Opening markets and improving logistics could quickly boost productivity. 📸FAO/Nyakudjara
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Fertilizer costs 4x more in Africa than in Europe due to transport costs, poor infrastructure and concentrated global industry. Africa uses just 3-4% of global fertilizer despite vast cropland. Opening markets and improving logistics could quickly boost productivity. 📸FAO/Nyakudjara
Hunger isn’t just a humanitarian issue; it’s a national security issue. In 2024, the world spent $2.72 trillion on the military while neglecting agrifood systems that sustain livelihoods and economies. Failing agrifood systems fuel conflict. Peace begins with food. 📸 FAO/Tewelde
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Hunger isn’t just a humanitarian issue; it’s a national security issue. In 2024, the world spent $2.72 trillion on the military while neglecting agrifood systems that sustain livelihoods and economies. Failing agrifood systems fuel conflict. Peace begins with food. 📸 FAO/Tewelde
The Right to Food is a human right recognized in 1948. It means freedom from hunger and access to nutritious, safe, delicious food for everyone. It's not a privilege; it's a right. And upholding that right is the foundation of transformation -- and peace. youtu.be/ecBuF3R-ZtE
Food Futures: Conversations for a Better World, Oct 16, 2025
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October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Right to Food is a human right recognized in 1948. It means freedom from hunger and access to nutritious, safe, delicious food for everyone. It's not a privilege; it's a right. And upholding that right is the foundation of transformation -- and peace. youtu.be/ecBuF3R-ZtE
The Dust Bowl. Great Depression. World War II. Out of these crises, @FAO was created to ensure global food security. On #WorldFoodDay marking FAO's 80th anniversary, we remember it's our shared responsibility to ensure everyone has access to safe, nutritious & sustainably produced food. Photo: FAO
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The Dust Bowl. Great Depression. World War II. Out of these crises, @FAO was created to ensure global food security. On #WorldFoodDay marking FAO's 80th anniversary, we remember it's our shared responsibility to ensure everyone has access to safe, nutritious & sustainably produced food. Photo: FAO
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.
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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.
+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
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
+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
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
October 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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
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
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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
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
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October 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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
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#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
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October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#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
👉 amis-outlook.org/market-monitor
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
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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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"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
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- @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
YouTube video by Food Tank
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October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"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...
- @maximotorero.bsky.social talking about #TrueCostAccounting at New York Climate Week
Watch the conversation, hosted by @foodtank.bsky.social
📺 www.youtube.com/live/t9QNtTy...
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
September 30, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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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“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.
- @maximotorero.bsky.social, Chief Economist, UN @fao.org.
September 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“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.
- @maximotorero.bsky.social, Chief Economist, UN @fao.org.
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📢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...
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#FAO80 #FLWDay
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
September 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢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
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
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.
AMIS Weekly Market News Summary – 19 September 2025
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#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT
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#Wheat #Maize #Rice #Tradelogistics #Fertilizer #Vegoil #Policydevelopment #OOAT
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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.
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
September 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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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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
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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September 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Vl4547
#YouthInAgrifood
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
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.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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
My latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
bit.ly/3Vl4547
#YouthInAgrifood
Reposted by Maximo Torero
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.
bit.ly
September 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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