food crisis
Who is food policy for?
Who is food policy for? VECO Indonesia posed this plain question to farmers during discussion of the complexity of the food problems facing the world's poor. Food is a problem only for the poor, because those who have money can buy and manufacture food that only they can enjoy, while we poor people could never afford it. This was repeatedly stated by 60 farmers (25 women) from Surenoho, Lebobele and Illepadung villages in Flores Timur district and from Worowaru village in Ende district, Nusa Tenggara Timur province.
Farmers can save the world
Are you worried about the food crisis? In fact you shouldn’t be, as the solution to the food crisis is very simple. Read along before you decide we’re nuts.
An end to world hunger? The world summit on Food Security: a missed opportunity
From November 16 to 18 Rome hosted the World Summit on Food Security. A meeting that will go down in history as yet another summit of missed opportunities. The summit did not lead to any substantive breakthrough in fighting hunger or poverty because a lack of consensus among participants regarding the structural measures required. Few heads of state and government bothered to turn up, a serious blow for summit results.
