Agronomists and developmental experts met in Rome last week. They agreed that the resources and technical knowledge were available to increase food production by 50% in 2030 and 70% in 2050 - the amounts needed to feed a world population expected to grow to 9.1 billion in forty years.
But these people went on to raise a problem. They said: The way we manage the global agriculture and food security system doesn't work. There is this paradox of increasing global food production, even in developing countries, yet there is hunger." They went on. "The conundrum is whether the food can be grown in the developing world where the hungry can actually get it, at prices they can afford."
This meeting refused to openly confront the problem. The problem is that food production on the basis of private ownership and run for profit and dominated by the major imperialist countries can only result in more starvation and polluted land and air and water. Food production has to be taken out of the hands of the private capitalist interests and owned and run collectively with the objective of feeding the entire population of the world.
Sean.
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