DESPITE PROGRESS, FOOD INSECURITY REMAINS PRESSING CHALLENGE – UN OFFICIAL

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DESPITE PROGRESS, FOOD INSECURITY REMAINS PRESSING CHALLENGE – UN OFFICIAL
New York, Apr 4 2013 12:00PM
While there has been significant progress in recent years in combating
global hunger, food insecurity is still a major challenge and
eliminating it will require strong leadership and concerted action, a
top United Nations official
<"http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/173531/icode/">stressed today.

"The only effective answer to food insecurity is political commitment
at the national level, and reinforced at the regional and global
levels by the international community of donors and international
organizations," the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, told a high-level meeting
in Madrid on the UN vision for a post-2015 strategy against world
hunger.

One of the eight anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) seeks to halve the proportion of people who
suffer from hunger. Among the other Goals, to be achieved by 2015, are
improving education, gender equality, child and maternal health and
environmental stability.

"The Millennium Development Goals have pushed us forward. But with 870
million people still suffering from hunger, the war against food
insecurity is far from over," Mr. Graziano da Silva said.

Since the world produces enough food to feed everyone, emphasis needs
to be placed on access to food and to adequate nutrition at the local
level, he underlined. Such progress will require significant public
and private investment in rural areas, where over 70 per cent of the
hungry live, and where millions of people depend on agriculture for
food and employment.

However, he warned that despite the primary responsibility of national
governments to ensure their citizens are fed, today's globalized
economy means that no country acts alone.

"Actions taken by one country or company may affect the food security
of others [while] conflicts can lead to instability in neighboring
countries and regions," Mr. Graziano da Silva said. "Impacts on
environmental and natural resources are not purely national and it is
virtually impossible to regulate markets and activities at the
national level alone."

Multilateral efforts are needed to reduce hunger and make development
more sustainable, he said, citing the Committee on World Food Security
and the Zero Hunger Challenge launched by Secretary General Ban
Ki-moon as successful examples of international cooperation.

Public policies should also create opportunities for the most
disadvantaged, including subsistence and small-scale producers, women,
youth and indigenous people, he added.
Apr 4 2013 12:00PM
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