Food, Climate Change and Hunger: Safeguarding the Future | Bishow Parajuli | TEDxGateway

Despite the advancements in the food industry and the world, there are still 690 million people across the world who go to bed hungry.

Having witnessed the Green Revolution first-hand as a student of Agricultural Sciences in Punjab, Bishow Parajuli sees a sufficient deficiency of a balanced nutritional meal.

Parajuli urges people to share a meal and to eat locally sourced and produced foods to reduce carbon footprint. Furthermore, he shares insights as to how one can consciously take small steps to reduce carbon footprint.

Bishow Parajuli is the Representative & Country Director for the United Nations World Food Programme.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world – often in extremely dangerous and hard-to-access conditions – has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Mr. Bishow Parajuli, Nepali, took office as United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director to India in September 2019.
Mr. Parajuli brings 35 years of distinguished experiences in development, humanitarian affairs, diplomacy, fundraising, and management in over 10 countries in Asia, Middle East, and Africa, and WFP headquarters in Rome.
Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Parajuli served for the past five years in Zimbabwe as the UN Resident Coordinator and the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Prior to joining the UN in Zimbabwe, Mr. Parajuli served as the UN World Food Programme Representative and Country Director in Yemen and in WFP HQ in Rome, as the Chief of Staff and the Director of the Executive Directors Office, as well as the Director of Government Donor Relations.
From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Parajuli worked as UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Myanmar.
Bishow has also served in various positions in WFP offices in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mozambique, and Botswana.
Bishow holds two Masters degrees in Agricultural Development and in Business Administration and an Honors degree in Agricultural Science. He and his wife have three children. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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