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Máximo Torero Cullen

Máximo Torero Cullen is the chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Prior to joining FAO, he had been executive director at the World Bank Group since November 2016 and, before the bank, Torero led the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division at the IFPRI.

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Food systems
Food systems
Opinion: Investing in agrifood systems is a safer bet than military spending
28 Jan 2025
Neglecting to nurture agrifood systems accelerates conflict and economic decline. Yet with strategic investment, these can become powerful drivers of stability, growth, and peace.
Food Secured
Food Secured
Opinion: Food systems must work better for the women working in them
13 Apr 2023
With the gender gap in food insecurity widening it is essential that agrifood systems provide better wages and growth opportunities for the women working within them who are bearing the brunt of the crisis.
World Food Day
World Food Day
Food security brings economic growth — not the other way around
16 Oct 2014
Economic growth alone will not solve chronic malnutrition and stunting. It's time to change outdated mindsets and for developing countries to adopt public policies that include food and nutrition security targets, writes Maximo Torero from the International Food Policy Research Institute.
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