Heads of State and Government and ministers will discuss the current global food situation with soaring food prices, how climate change affects agriculture, and how agriculture can contribute to reduce climate change.
The objective of this conference is to assist countries and the international community in finding sustainable solutions by identifying the policies, strategies and programmes required to safeguard world food security.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 52 million people -- 10 percent of the region's population -- suffer from malnutrition or hunger. Yet paradoxically the region is the biggest exporter of food on the planet.
