المنتدى العالمي المعني بالأمن الغذائي والتغذية

Dear Colleagues,

I have been struggling for years on the question of creating human and institutional capacity among the rural poor smallholder producer communities, if they are to be put to work gainfully, are to be sustainable in the long term, contribute to economic development and growth.

Nyla Coelho in her contribution yesterday has laid the foundations through education, providing us with a methodology and the supporting curriculum, meeting the needs of developing countries.

It is now for the multilateral orgs like UNICEF, FAO, UNCTAD, IFAD, etc., to make this the basis of change if we are to reduce hunger, malnutrition, poverty, suicides and the effects of climate change whilst improving livelihood and increasing net income/ purchasing power, say over the next 10 years.

Warm regards