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Brazil shows people-first food access policies can conquer hunger, after lifting over 40 million people out of food insecurity in just two years, the\u00a0UN confirms<\/a>. Brazil now sends a timely signal to world leaders that tackling hunger, inequality and climate crisis together is achievable and replicable \u2013 if they make the\u00a0political choice to do so.<\/p>\n “Brazil didn\u2019t beat hunger by chance \u2013 this took concerted political action. We did it by putting people, family farmers, Indigenous and traditional communities, and access to good local food at the center \u2013 and by including those most affected,” says Elisabetta Recine, IPES-Food panel expert, and President of the Brazilian National Food and Nutrition Security Council (Consea).<\/p>\n With global food insecurity high and UN hunger goals dangerously off track \u2013 amid conflict, climate shocks and a spiraling cost of living \u2013 the success of Brazil Sem Fome\u00a0<\/em>offers both a wake-up call and a roadmap. It was achieved not through techno-fixes or increases to yields, but people-first policies to guarantee food access. Read more here<\/a> to learn how they did it without GMOs.<\/p>\n