Sustainable Food Monitor

An excerpt from the call to action from Gerda Verburg, Chairperson of CSD-17:

“Within just one year, the world has been shaken by an unprecedented spike in the costs of basic
foods, by hunger riots and by social tensions that have demonstrated that food insecurity is an
irrefutable reality. Estimates suggest that the total number of malnourished people worldwide
could rise to 967 million in 2008, up from 923 million in 2007. In addition, a large number of
developing countries ares struggling to address the macroeconomic impacts of high domestic
food prices and inflationary pressure, as well as increased import expenditure. The challenge
facing Africa is especially serious. Achieving the first Millennium Development Goal therefore
remains a major challenge…”

You can read the rest of the message in PDF here.

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