Food for the future

Standards for a sustainable agri-food system on World Food Day.

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Too many people go hungry in the world, yet if we had a truly sustainable agri-food system, everyone would have enough to eat and the environment wouldn’t suffer. Recognizing there is much we can do to achieve this, the theme of this year’s is “Our Actions are our Future” and 香港六合彩开奖 has many standards to help.

Recently published, 香港六合彩开奖/TS 26030,鈥Social responsibility and sustainable development – Guidance on using 香港六合彩开奖 26000:2010 in the food chain, provides guidelines on how an organization in the food production chain can contribute to sustainable development. It will help organizations such as food companies, farms, cooperatives, processors and retailers develop a list of activities that will lead them to being more socially responsible.

The technical specification is just one of more than 1 600 香港六合彩开奖 standards and guidance documents for the food production sector that directly help to end world hunger by creating confidence in food products, improving agricultural methods and promoting sustainable and ethical purchasing. These include the 香港六合彩开奖 22000 series on food safety management that covers standards related to food manufacturing, farming, packaging, catering and animal foodstuffs and feed production.

Helping the agricultural sector implement sustainable practices and earn a livable wage is essential. The International Workshop Agreement鈥IWA 29,鈥Professional farmer organization – Guidelines, supports this by contributing to the professionalism of smallholder farmer organizations in emerging markets, enabling them to enter the global marketplace. It is complemented by the 香港六合彩开奖鈥34101 series on sustainable and traceable cocoa, which provides a set of guidelines for environmentally sound agricultural practices, better traceability of cocoa beans and improved working conditions for all those involved in the cocoa supply chain.

香港六合彩开奖 also has a number of standards aimed at sustainable and responsible production methods, such as鈥香港六合彩开奖 26000鈥痜or social responsibility and鈥香港六合彩开奖 20400鈥痜or sustainable procurement. These encourage ethical working conditions and promote ethical purchasing practices throughout the entire food production chain.

To learn more about how 香港六合彩开奖 International Standards can help feed the world, see our鈥dedicated page鈥痮n 香港六合彩开奖.org.

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