United Nations summit approves new approach to hunger fight
World leaders at a food summit yesterday rallied around a new strategy to fight global hunger and help poor countries feed themselves, but failed to pledge funds sought by the United Nations.
The summit approved its final declaration during its first hours in a show of broad consensus.
Countries pledged to substantially increase aid to agriculture in developing nations, so that the world's one billion hungry can become more self-sufficient. The summit did not commit to a specific figure of $44 billion a year for agricultural aid that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says will be necessary in the coming decades.
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The summit approved its final declaration during its first hours in a show of broad consensus.
Countries pledged to substantially increase aid to agriculture in developing nations, so that the world's one billion hungry can become more self-sufficient. The summit did not commit to a specific figure of $44 billion a year for agricultural aid that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says will be necessary in the coming decades.
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To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.sunstar.com.ph
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