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Empty words won’t fill hungry stomachs
There is good reason to be sceptical about the new initiatives coming out of Davos targeting smallholder farmers.
Last Modified: 26 Jan 2013 15:07
With the launch of the “Enough Food for Everyone IF” campaign, global food security is once again high on the public agenda. The UK campaign hopes to mobilise massive public support leading up to the scheduled meeting of the G8 in Enniskillen in June this year, trying to replicate the considerable success of the Make Poverty History movement in 2005. One of the key pillars of the IF Campaign is land, and drawing attention to the plight of poor farmers who are being forced to relinquish their property in what has been described as a neo-colonial “land grab”.
