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.

Yet there is also some good news. With the renewal of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the Food Summit has taken an important step towards the global coordination of food security. However, the CFS is not likely to get the requisite freedom of action. The absence of powerful state and government leaders to give a seal of approval to the summit's final declaration speaks volumes.

Read more about this summit in the publication below: