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G8 Must Follow Through with Food Security Pledge
June 25, 2010As leaders of the G8 nations meet in Canada, the plant science industry calls for clarification and a reiteration of the pledge to address food security made in L'Aquila last year. In the year since the G8 committed to addressing food security and sustainable agricultural development through a US$22 billion[1] dedicated fund, little clarity has been gained over how much new funding is actually being committed, and how the funds will be channeled to make a difference to the one billion hungry today, and the food and nutrition needs of the coming decades. Full release.
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