Venezuela’s Minister of Urban Agriculture, Johanna Carrillo, announced on TV a reduction in the country’s nutrition gap to 6.5% in 2023. This marks a major improvement from the 35.6% deficit seen in 2017. Carrillo pointed out that sanctions from the United States contributed to the earlier high levels. She showed that the gap decreased steadily […]
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