{"id":2655,"date":"2021-03-23T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2021-03-23T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:00:54","slug":"2021-international-year-of-fruits-and-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/2021-international-year-of-fruits-and-vegetables\/2021\/03\/23\/","title":{"rendered":"2021: International Year of Fruits and Vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/fruits-vegetables-2021\/en\/ \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/Intl-Year-of-Fruits-and-Veg-300x276.png\" alt=\"international year of fruits and vegetables \" width=\"200\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a>The United Nations General Assembly designated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/fruits-vegetables-2021\/en\/\">2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables<\/a> (IYFV).<\/p>\n<p>The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is the lead agency for celebrating the year in collaboration with other relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system.<\/p>\n<p>The IYFV 2021 is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the important role of fruits and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health and as well in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p>The IYFV 2021 campaign will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote healthy diets<\/li>\n<li>Improve healthy and sustainable food production<\/li>\n<li>Reduce food loss and waste<\/li>\n<li>Promote small-scale producers and diversity in fresh produce sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/fruits-vegetables-2021\/en\/\">IYFV 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). 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