FAO designates European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet as FAO Goodwill Ambassador
Channel: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date: 2021-04-12

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet was named Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Goodwill Ambassador today ( 12 April 2021), the International Day of Human Space Flight. 
 
Pesquet will help FAO raise awareness about the importance of transforming the world’s agri-food systems, making them more resilient, inclusive, efficient and sustainable to overcome the challenges of persisting and growing hunger, and preserving the planet’s environment and biodiversity.  
 
With hunger on the rise - almost 690 million people go hungry and COVID-19 could push up to 132 million more into hunger (latest estimates), business as usual is no longer an option, the FAO Director-General QU Dongyu noted while conferring the title to Pesquet.  

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