ROME: The United Nations marked World Food Day on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) saying it was possible to eradicate hunger and stressing the importance of cutting food waste and ensuring balanced diets.

“We can win the fight against hunger,” Jose Graziano da Silva, the director-general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), said at a ceremony at FAO headquarters in Rome.

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