Food summit of failure

Despite all good intentions the number of people starving has risen to one billion. Therefore the outcome of the food summit in Rome can only be regarded as bitter, the left-liberal Süddeutsche Zeitung believes: "It is quite obvious that international development aid has failed. For decades now the rich nations having been pumping billions into the poorest regions of the world on the false assumption that by dispensing such charity they can eliminate the causes of hunger and misery. ... Sharp increases in food prices are threatening the means of existence of millions of people. If we seriously want to fight hunger we must begin by ensuring affordable food supplies. For in theory enough food is produced worldwide. ... The situation is likely to become dramatically worse if as forecast the world population grows from the current six billion to nine billion by 2050."

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