At the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) held in June, 2025 in France, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations demonstrated its leading voice on marine and ocean issues, especially on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture for resilient livelihood and “Blue Transformation”.
Which of the following combinations about the “Four Betters” proposed by FAO for “Blue Transformation” is correct?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (b) Better production, better nutrition, better environment and better life
FAO's Blue Transformation Roadmap is built around the 'four betters': better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life. Option (b) is the only one that lists all four correctly.
- ✗ (a) 'Better ocean' is not one of the four betters; the fourth is a better life.
- ✓ (b) Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life are the four betters that FAO links to the Blue Transformation Roadmap.
- ✗ (c) 'Better coral reefs' replaces better production, which is the first of the four betters.
- ✗ (d) Better estuaries and better mangrove vegetation are not among the four betters, which are about production, nutrition, environment and life.
Remember · FAO's Blue Transformation Roadmap: the four betters are better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life.
Sources
- FAO: The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 ↗ “improve the contribution of aquatic foods to healthy diets and to the four betters (better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life) through the Blue Transformation Roadmap.”
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