Indian Women Without Pants

"There is enough food to end hunger"


stated Olivier de Schutter, UN special rapporteur for the right to food
By SUSAN HIDALGO


Olivier de Schutter, UN special rapporteur for the right to food, makes repeat the words of his predecessor, Jean Ziegler: "When a child dies of hunger in the world, he or she has been murdered." With these words, De Schutter want to affect the responsibility of governments to famine.

billion people in the world are hungry. Is there enough food to end hunger or should it produce more?

enough food now. Famine is not just a question that we have to produce more, but that these products are well distributed and people have the purchasing power to buy food. Furthermore, citizens of developed countries would have to rethink who eat too many calories.

You are a strong defender of agroecology (implementation of sustainable agriculture) to combat famine.

is no magic formula, but it has been shown that in this way, without relying on modern technology, agriculture produces more. No need to modernize agriculture industries imitating. In addition, agroecology is not dependent on external factors such as rising oil prices.

"Citizens of the West must consider the calories you take"

The price of food is at its peak and food production is concentrated in few hands, how do you stop? There

unavoidable factors such as weather, and others against whom we can fight, such as increasing investment in small farms, support to small farmers, improving their social protection and strengthen farmers' organizations. Furthermore, there to help both those who reside in the city offering cheap products.

Today, what countries have the worst outlook regarding the famine?

Given the number of inhabitants, highlight India. But most crisis countries are Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Niger. The fact that people still go hungry demonstrates that the Millennium Development Goals (eight points raised by the United Nations to end poverty by 2015) are a real fiasco that focuses only on purely statistical achievements.

You have been very critical of the block from Israel to Gaza, which naturally affects the right to food.

is a very serious problem and Israel is acting with impunity, to other States would not be allowed.

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