World Food Day: Qatar Charity’s sustainable projects enhance food security

Qatar Charity (QC) has commemorated World Food Day, which is observed annually on October 16, to promote awareness of the issues surrounding hunger and advocate collective action to highlight the need to ensure healthy diets for all. World Food Day has been marked amid the continued Covid-19 pandemic, which has underlined that an urgent change of route is needed. This day comes at a time when farmers are suffering, and millions of people are requiring emergency food aid. Sustainable agri-food systems, therefore, are needed to nourish 10bn people by 2050.Believing in the need to enhance food security in countries experiencing disasters and crises, Qatar Charity supports farmers, implements qualitative agricultural and livestock projects, and distributes foodstuffs to internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees and the poor, in addition to expanding partnerships with United Nations (UN) organisations to contribute to addressing food shortage, according to a press statement.* 600,000 beneficiariesQatar Charity provided aid and implemented projects to support food security in 29 countries, benefiting nearly 600,000 people at a total cost of approximately QR30mn in 2020. * Supporting farmers QC has rehabilitated more than 90 greenhouses with an area of more than 150,000sqm during the past five years, at a total cost of over QR1mn, benefiting more than 550 people.Qatar Charity recently started rehabilitating 15 greenhouses with an area of more than 20,000sqm, in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture. This comes as part of QC’s continued efforts to support the agriculture sector and small farmers in Palestine. * Wheat project for IDPs Qatar Charity continues, for the second year in a row, to implement the 'Support Wheat Value Chain in North West Syriatarget="_blank"'>