Committees from Maricá, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Recife, Rio Branco, and Santarém are expected to visit the cities of Valencia and Barcelona, in Spain; Turin and Milan, in Italy; and Ghent and Brussels, in Belgium.
The number of people living below the poverty line rose 22.7%. Households enjoying food security fell from 65.1% in 2004 to 63.3% in 2018 and to 41.3% in 2021.
The gathering brings together over 500 delegates, mayors, and representatives from 162 cities around the world at Rio’s Cidade das Artes until Wednesday.
In Brazil's case, the document indicates that the prevalence of severe food insecurity rose from 3.9 million—1.9 percent of the population—between 2014 and 2016, to 15.4 million (7.3%) between 2019 and 2021.
President Bolsonaro and the Minister of Foreign Relations Carlos França met on Monday (April 18) with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is visiting Brazil.