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A South African look at Food Security issues of 3-5 June 08
South Africa and other Member countries of SADC will attend the FAO High-Level Conference on World Food Security, to take place in Rome, on 3-5 June 2008. The main issues of the Conference, that will gather more than 160 countries, namely High food prices, Bioenergy, Climate change and food security, and Transboundary pests and diseases do concern that the people and governments of that part of Africa.
1. The level of food price inflations has not only impacted stable countries like South Africa but the entire Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. SADC Regional Programme Manager for Food Security Programme, Duncan Samikwa shares with us some of their major interventions in dealing with the challenges of climate changes on food insecurity. (Interviewee: Duncan Samikwa (SADC)
2. Food prices and rising fuel costs are gradually impacting South Africa's food security. With the recent draft on biofuels as another effort to minimize the risk of food security and climate change, independent non -governmental organization Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in South Africa say the country has done well by excluding maize in their biofuels strategy. They also believe that the country should be cautious when finalizing its plans and should also invest in secondary generation biofuels. (Interviewee: Josee Kosh (RHVP)
Produced by:
Chris Ngadima/FAO
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