Quotations on Food
(1) Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi, 4 June 2008
“Enough is enough. I am not going to go on my knees to beg for food. Let us grow the food ourselves.“
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(2) BAN KI-MOON’s in ‘SMALLHOLDERS, RURAL PRODUCERS KEY TO SLASHING GLOBAL HUNGER AND POVERTY – BAN’ (UNNews) :
” Smallholders and rural producers have a vital role to play in overcoming global hunger and poverty, and new and varied partnerships are needed, with particular emphasis on the interests of women.”
“We need to continue creating diverse and innovative partnerships that can help people and communities achieve greater productivity, nutritional health and self-reliance,” he said. “In this respect we must give pre-eminence to the interests of women, who juggle their time between food production, processing, marketing, child care and balancing the household budget.”
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Offering a flower to all women taking care of their own family garden and to those who see the benefits of container gardening with a minimum of water (Willem Van Cotthem)
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UNNews
UN AND PARTNERS SEEK $34 MILLION TO ASSIST DROUGHT-STRICKEN GUATEMALANS
New York, Mar 5 2010 2:05PM
The United Nations, together with the Guatemalan Government and aid partners, today launched a $34 million appeal to counter food shortages affecting 2.7 million people living in the Central American country’s so-called ‘dry corridor,’ which even before last year’s drought had one of the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in the world. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (<”http://ochaonline.un.org/”>OCHA) said today’s appeal will complement national relief efforts and provide support for food, health, nutrition, agriculture and early recovery, as well as water, sanitation and hygiene projects for six months for some 680,000 people living in departments in the eastern section of the country, including the dry corridor.
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AFRICA STILL HUNGRY DESPITE ANNUAL $3 BILLION OF AID AND $33 BILLION OF FOOD IMPORTS – UN
New York, Mar 11 2010 12:05PM
One in three Africans is chronically hungry, despite $3 billion spent on food aid for the continent annually and $33 billion in food imports, the director of the food security at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (<”http://www.uneca.org/”>ECA) has warned. Much of the $33 billion that Africa spends to import food could be better diverted to domestic production for regional and global trade, contributing to poverty reduction and repositioning Africa in the global economy, said Josue Dione, Director of Food Security and Sustainable Development of ECA, at a conference on agribusiness that wrapped up yesterday in Abuja, Nigeria.
