Máximo Torero Cullen

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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COP30 paves the way for climate action to start with social protection

COP30 paves the way for climate action to start with social protection

about 1 month ago // Opinion: Inclusive development

Opinion: If we want climate action to work, we need to start with the people already taking the hit — mainly rural households. COP30 finally put this on the table.

Opinion: Investing in agrifood systems is a safer bet than military spending

Opinion: Investing in agrifood systems is a safer bet than military spending

11 months ago // Food systems

Neglecting to nurture agrifood systems accelerates conflict and economic decline. Yet with strategic investment, these can become powerful drivers of stability, growth, and peace.

Opinion: Food systems must work better for the women working in them

Opinion: Food systems must work better for the women working in them

over 2 years ago // Food Secured

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.

Food security brings economic growth — not the other way around

Food security brings economic growth — not the other way around

about 11 years ago // World Food Day

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 It's time to change outdated mindsets and for developing countries to adopt public policies that include food and nutrition security targets, writes Maximo Torero from the International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.