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Agricultural subsidies lead to climate change and poor health, UN report warns

A trader displays potatoes at Riosiri market in Kisii County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

A new multi-agency report has found that current support to farmers worldwide includes measures harmful to nature and people’s health.

The report, A multi-billion-dollar opportunity: Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems, was launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and comes at the backdrop of this week’s Food Systems Summit convened by UN chief Antonio Guterres.

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