37th CFS Plenary Session, 17-22 October 2011, Rome
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World leaders convened at FAO Headquarters for the World Summit on Food Security (16-18 November) unanimously adopted a declaration pledging renewed commitment to eradicate hunger from the face of the earth. Countries also agreed to work to reverse the decline in domestic and international funding for agriculture and promote new investment in the sector, to improve governance of global food issues in partnership with relevant stakeholders from the public and private sector, and to proactively face the challenges of climate change to food security.
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| 09_WSFS_final_Declaration.pdf | 62.69 KB |
The spike in food prices of last year (2008) underscored what experts have been telling us for many years: the world's food systems are in crisis