Achieving World Food Security Is Still "a Long Way"

FAO Headquarters in Rome on the 20th issued aIn fact, Haiti is this a microcosm of the world food
press release, Haiti's agricultural production, thecrisis, the recovery of its agricultural production does
assistance of the international community has startednot mean that the world food crisis has eased. At
to recover, the current food production and farmerspresent, although the overall decline in the global
income increased sharply. Analysts pointed out that ineconomy leading to a high grain prices in international
the second half of 2007, the world's food crisis, Haitimarkets enterprises fell, but still above the 1997 -
is the most severely affected, one of the countries,2006 the average price level between. According to
the recovery of agricultural production to solve foodlatest statistics released by FAO, the world's hungry
shortages in the country, of great significance topeople this year will set the historical record of 1.02
promoting regional development. But overall, tobillion, but there are still 32 countries around the world
achieve world food security is still "a long way."into a continuing food crisis. Even more alarming is
FAO communique said that in Haiti last year into athat almost all these hungry people concentrated in
food crisis, the International Fund for Agriculturaldeveloping countries and regions.
declared value of about 10 million U.S. dollars toIn recent years, some Western countries and
provide high-quality crop seeds, led by the FAO isinternational institutions to aid as leverage to sell to
responsible for implementing the assistance scheme.poor countries "free market" Food Policy, many
Haiti has about 250 000 farmers benefited from thedeveloping countries dependent on international food
program, planting soybeans, corn, sorghum, rice andmarket has become increasingly serious, and thus
cassava and other crops, which had only the value oflose the food self-sufficiency. A sense, the food
soybean production up to 500 million. Ibrahim said thedistribution system, unsustainable cropping patterns
FAO Representative in Haiti, the aid program ishave become the most essential reason for the food
achieving significant results, Haiti's food productioncrisis. Nobel laureate economist Paul? Krugman
appeared sharply. He stressed that Haiti's recovery inwarned that the current food security situation facing
agricultural production to solve food shortages in thethe developing countries than people think to be
country, the importance of promoting regionaleven more severe.
development.The world food crisis has posed a serious threat to
Haiti, the Caribbean region as a less-developedpeace and security, the urgent need for countries to
countries, almost all are dependent on food imports,the rapid and thorough eradication of hunger and
including imported rice accounted for the totalreached broad consensus, and take necessary action.
domestic consumption of rice more than 80%. TheAs the World Food Programme Executive Director of
second half of 2007 to Haiti food crisis food pricesthe Hiram recently called for increasing agricultural and
are soaring, so many people into hunger. April 2008,food assistance, said, "a hungry world is a dangerous
by the food crisis and even lead to social unrestworld." Analysts pointed out that the solution to the
triggered by the Prime Minister to step down. Infood crisis requires commitment by developed
September, hit by the storm due to hit Haiti'scountries to provide agricultural and food security
agricultural production is even more serious damage,assistance, while also further promote trade in food
not only Liucheng food crops were destroyed, andand agricultural products to improve the international
the irrigation system nearly paralyzed. In order totrade environment to promote a new order of global
maintain the normal life of local people, FAO hadfood production, which all countries would be heavy
launched an emergency plan to provide assistance forresponsibilities.
Haiti.