E 'is still in progress World Food Summit, scheduled for November 16 to 19 at FAO in Rome. We report the comments of Haley Bowcock, taken from blog of Oxfam International, which follows the summit with us, which stresses the importance of civil society organizations in the fight against hunger. "The world food crisis suggests that no group - states, markets, or international governmental institutions - knows all the responses to hunger and malnutrition. The actors of civil society are crucial to this process. Whether and how world leaders should take into account the vision of civil society, this has consequences for the results of this World Food Summit on food security and beyond. World leaders met in Rome on November 16 for the World Summit on food security of supply. This happens at a crucial summit for world hunger. One in six people are undernourished, more than ever before. The leaders will discuss and debate the issues concerning food safety, including the reform on global governance, climate change, investment in agriculture and rural development Rural. But the ongoing global food crisis suggests that no group has all the answers to hunger and malnutrition. In the summit declaration, farmers' organizations and civil society organizations in Burkina Faso, including the Confederation of Farmers of Burkina Faso and the Permanent Secretariat of NGOs in Burkina Faso wrote: "This summit must take into account the concerns of the organizations farmers and civil society. If the concerns of civil society had been received during the last global food summit, the world has not suffered as the food crisis of 2008 and there would be no need to hold a second summit. "The company Civil is crucial to the fight against hunger. For example, in Brazil's civil society has been instrumental in the movement to secure the human right to food. Through a mix of cooperation and pressure exerted by civil society in the Brazilian National Council for the food and food security, Congress recently planned the right to adequate food within the country's constitution.
Many civil society organizations in the South increased their concerns about the World Food Summit. In West Africa, have vociato on top, and with good reason. Following the peak of last year, prices have remained high, and there are concerns about the continuing food insecurity in the region. Two West African countries where civil society organizations and farmers are making their voices heard are from Burkina Faso and Mali.
In Burkina Faso, the civil society organizations and farmers have made several proposals in their statement on how to stop hunger, including the focus on small farmers, increasing investment in agriculture and obtaining international recognition of the sovereignty Feed them.
The Forum in Mali, including the association of professional farmers 'organizations and the National Coordination of Farmers' organizations, has produced a statement for the summit, which offers several recommendations to address the underlying causes of hunger and poverty, including the inclusion of the MDGs in state law, land reform and the guarantee of adequate commitment of the Government about funds to fight climate change.
World Food Week, this year, reiterated that civil society has a key role in solving world hunger. Forum parallel to the World Food Summit - Food sovereignty to the people now! - Has already been convened, and incorporates those affected by hunger and food insecurity.
Here the priority is given to developing countries and those normally marginalized from intergovernmental discussions, including women, indigenous and rural youth. The forum aims to listen to a broad spectrum of viewpoints and reach a common ground coucheth ways to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, and develop a joint declaration at the summit.
If and how these "parallel" line up with those of the Summit will be crucial for the future of more than one billion hungry people worldwide.
