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UN Young Leader urges planting fruit trees to boost nutrition and local incomes
Summary
A UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals called for countries to plant fruit trees to improve access to nutrition, support environmental goals and create local income opportunities, and urged including children in decision-making about their futures.
The UN Young Leader for the Sustainable Development Goals said, "Everyone deserves free and complete access to a healthy source of nutrition," and urged governments to promote planting fruit trees as a low-cost way to improve food security and local livelihoods.
She said fruit trees "not only feed people and help the environment," but also let communities "use the same fruits to make products like jams and juices that they can sell and generate income within communities." The speaker presented…
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