Former Senator Richard G. Lugar's remarks for the 2009 BASIS Conference on "Escaping Poverty Traps: Connecting the Chronically Poor to the Economic Growth Agenda."
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Co-Organized by IFPRI and Food Security Information Network (FSIN)
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Natural disasters can cause poverty too. Governments should be able to provide shelter and food for those people who their houses and belongings were destroyed by natural disasters.
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"The world's 200 wealthiest people have as much money as about 40% of the global population, and yet 850 million people have to go
to bed hungry every night."
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s socialist president: “The problem is not the production of food … it is the economic, social and political model of the world. The capitalist model is in crisis.”
Food insecurity and poverty trends, Association between food insecurity and poverty, causes and effects, food insecurity and poverty in the Ugandan context.
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APR 26, 2019 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM EDT
In our opinion, poverty is the main reason for hunger, weather is it poverty of an individual or of a whole nation. In developing countries, governments can’t afford to support those in need for food and water and in developed countries there are some individuals who can’t afford their need due to lack of education which caused them to be unable to look for a source of income.
Natural disasters can cause poverty too. Governments should be able to provide shelter and food for those people who their houses and belongings were destroyed by natural disasters.
Food security in focus: North America 2014 is an
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report
commissioned by DuPont. The report discusses the
major findings in the 2014 Global Food Security
Index (GFSI) for the three countries of North
America included in the index.
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CRJ 201-Policing
Policing in a democracy
Introduction
Discuss how public safety is organized in the U.S.
Differentiate between Federal, State, and Local law enforcement.
Describe some challenges to U.S. law enforcement agencies
Public Safety Organization
Extremely complex and expensive undertaking
U.S. approach to law enforcement is unique
Federalist Structure-no national police force.
Law enforcement is primarily the responsibility of local governments (local control)
Public Safety Organization
There are approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. today.
Main Points:
LE in the U.S. is diverse and fragmented
LE in the U.S. is predominantly local
Many employment opportunities at different levels
Federal Law Enforcement
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
U.S. Marshals Service
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Firearms (ATF)
Federal Law Enforcement
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Customs and Border Protection
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Secret Service
TSA
FEMA
Federal Law Enforcement
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Executive Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Federal Law Enforcement
Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Fish and Wildlife
U.S. Park Police
Bureau of Indian Affairs
State Law Enforcement
State Law Enforcement
50 States-Each State decides how to operate their law enforcement apparatus
Some are centralized, others are decentralized.
Lets look at New York State
State Law Enforcement
New York State Law Enforcement
NYS Police (Troopers)
NYS Park Police
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
State Law Enforcement
Local Law Enforcement
County Sheriff
County Police
City Police
Town Police
Village Police
Local Police
COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Patrolled by a sheriff’s department
Duties of a county sheriff’s office vary
In larger counties there is often a county police department (e.g. Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, etc.)
Issues Affecting Police
Diversity
Resources-most police departments in the U.S. are very small
Budgets
Drug Interdiction
Lack of back-up for small jurisdictions
Anti-Terrorism
Immigration enforcement
Accountability
Training
Recruitment
Responding to emotionally disturbed individuals
International Policing
Interpol
International Criminal Police Organization
Worldwide organization established for the development of cooperation among nations regarding common police problems
Police officials of any member country may initiate a request for assistance on a case that extends beyond their country’s jurisdiction.
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Assignment 2: Poverty and Food Security
The members of the United Nations appreciated the content you provided on population growth. Now they are asking you to expand the whitepaper to include global food securi.
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Whitepaper on Food Security
The members of the United Nations found great value in the whitepaper you provided on population growth. They are now asking you to expand the whitepaper to include global food security as it relates to population growth and poverty. Read the overview and provide an assessment based on the questions below.
I.
Overview
We can define global food security as the effort to build food systems that can feed everyone, everywhere, and every day by improving its quality and promoting nutritional agriculture (1). That said, there are certain practices that can advance this project:
Identifying the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition
Investing in country-specific recovery plans
Strengthening strategic coordination with institutions like the UN and the World Bank
Encouraging developed countries to make sustained financial commitments to its success
We must bear in mind that more than 3 billion people—nearly one-half of the world’s population—subsist on as little as $2.50 a day, with nearly 1.5 billion living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 a day. According to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and other relief agencies, about 20,000 people (mostly children) starve to death in the world every day, for a total of about 7 million people a year. In addition, about 750 million (twice the population of the United States) do not have access to clean drinking water, meaning that some one million people die every year from diarrhea caused by water-borne diseases.
The earth’s population has grown since it reached 7 billion in 2010. It is expected to reach 8 billion in 2025, 9 billion in 2040, and 11 billion by the end of the 21st century (2). If the demand for food is predicted to rise 50% by 2030 and 70% by 2050, the real problem is not necessarily growing enough food, but rather making that amount available to people. Moreover, food illnesses are prevalent, with nearly 600 million reported cases of foodborne diseases each year. These mainly affect children but can also negatively impact the livelihood of farmers, vendors, trade associations, and ultimately, can reduce the Gross Domestic Product (national income) of a country. These issues can impose tremendous human, economic, social, and fiscal costs on countries, so addressing them allows governments to devote more resources to making desperately needed infrastructure improvements that raise the quality of life for everyone.
It is not enough to have adequate supplies of food available. Policies that focus exclusively on food production can exacerbate the problem, particularly if, to satisfy the need for quantity, the quality of the food is left wanting.
Reasons for Food Insecurity
Certainly, poverty and the contributing systemic internal conditions are the driving factors behind keeping adequate food resources from reaching people, but it is only one of several. Others are discussed next.
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Assignment 2 Whitepaper on Food SecurityThe members of the Unit.docxursabrooks36447
Assignment 2: Whitepaper on Food Security
The members of the United Nations found great value in the whitepaper you provided on population growth. They are now asking you to expand the whitepaper to include global food security as it relates to population growth and poverty. Read the overview and provide an assessment based on the questions below.
I. Overview
We can define global food security as the effort to build food systems that can feed everyone, everywhere, and every day by improving its quality and promoting nutritional agriculture (1). That said, there are certain practices that can advance this project:
1. Identifying the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition
2. Investing in country-specific recovery plans
3. Strengthening strategic coordination with institutions like the UN and the World Bank
4. Encouraging developed countries to make sustained financial commitments to its success
We must bear in mind that more than 3 billion people—nearly one-half of the world’s population—subsist on as little as $2.50 a day, with nearly 1.5 billion living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 a day. According to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and other relief agencies, about 20,000 people (mostly children) starve to death in the world every day, for a total of about 7 million people a year. In addition, about 750 million (twice the population of the United States) do not have access to clean drinking water, meaning that some one million people die every year from diarrhea caused by water-borne diseases.
The earth’s population has grown since it reached 7 billion in 2010. It is expected to reach 8 billion in 2025, 9 billion in 2040, and 11 billion by the end of the 21st century (2). If the demand for food is predicted to rise 50% by 2030 and 70% by 2050, the real problem is not necessarily growing enough food, but rather making that amount available to people. Moreover, food illnesses are prevalent, with nearly 600 million reported cases of foodborne diseases each year. These mainly affect children but can also negatively impact the livelihood of farmers, vendors, trade associations, and ultimately, can reduce the Gross Domestic Product (national income) of a country. These issues can impose tremendous human, economic, social, and fiscal costs on countries, so addressing them allows governments to devote more resources to making desperately needed infrastructure improvements that raise the quality of life for everyone.
It is not enough to have adequate supplies of food available. Policies that focus exclusively on food production can exacerbate the problem, particularly if, to satisfy the need for quantity, the quality of the food is left wanting.
Reasons for Food Insecurity
Certainly, poverty and the contributing systemic internal conditions are the driving factors behind keeping adequate food resources from reaching people, but it is only one of several. Others are discussed next.
Inadequate Food.
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Assignment 2: Whitepaper on Food Security
Due Week 7 and worth 110 points
The members of the United Nations found great value in the whitepaper you provided on population growth. They are now asking you to expand the whitepaper to include global food security as it relates to population growth and poverty. Read the overview and provide an assessment based on the questions below.
I.
Overview
We can define global food security as the effort to build food systems that can feed everyone, everywhere, and every day by improving its quality and promoting nutritional agriculture (1). That said, there are certain practices that can advance this project:
Identifying the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition
Investing in country-specific recovery plans
Strengthening strategic coordination with institutions like the UN and the World Bank
Encouraging developed countries to make sustained financial commitments to its success
We must bear in mind that more than 3 billion people—nearly one-half of the world’s population—subsist on as little as $2.50 a day, with nearly 1.5 billion living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 a day. According to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and other relief agencies, about 20,000 people (mostly children) starve to death in the world every day, for a total of about 7 million people a year. In addition, about 750 million (twice the population of the United States) do not have access to clean drinking water, meaning that some one million people die every year from diarrhea caused by water-borne diseases.
The earth’s population has grown since it reached 7 billion in 2010. It is expected to reach 8 billion in 2025, 9 billion in 2040, and 11 billion by the end of the 21st century (2). If the demand for food is predicted to rise 50% by 2030 and 70% by 2050, the real problem is not necessarily growing enough food, but rather making that amount available to people. Moreover, food illnesses are prevalent, with nearly 600 million reported cases of foodborne diseases each year. These mainly affect children but can also negatively impact the livelihood of farmers, vendors, trade associations, and ultimately, can reduce the Gross Domestic Product (national income) of a country. These issues can impose tremendous human, economic, social, and fiscal costs on countries, so addressing them allows governments to devote more resources to making desperately needed infrastructure improvements that raise the quality of life for everyone.
It is not enough to have adequate supplies of food available. Policies that focus exclusively on food production can exacerbate the problem, particularly if, to satisfy the need for quantity, the quality of the food is left wanting.
Reasons for Food Insecurity
Certainly, poverty and the contributing systemic internal conditions are the driving factors behind keeping adequate food resources from reaching people, but i.
Assignment 2 Whitepaper on Food SecurityDue Week 7 and worth 11.docxursabrooks36447
Assignment 2: Whitepaper on Food Security
Due Week 7 and worth 110 points
The members of the United Nations found great value in the whitepaper you provided on population growth. They are now asking you to expand the whitepaper to include global food security as it relates to population growth and poverty. Read the overview and provide an assessment based on the questions below.
I. Overview
We can define global food security as the effort to build food systems that can feed everyone, everywhere, and every day by improving its quality and promoting nutritional agriculture (1). That said, there are certain practices that can advance this project:
1. Identifying the underlying causes of hunger and malnutrition
2. Investing in country-specific recovery plans
3. Strengthening strategic coordination with institutions like the UN and the World Bank
4. Encouraging developed countries to make sustained financial commitments to its success
We must bear in mind that more than 3 billion people—nearly one-half of the world’s population—subsist on as little as $2.50 a day, with nearly 1.5 billion living in extreme poverty on less than $1.25 a day. According to the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and other relief agencies, about 20,000 people (mostly children) starve to death in the world every day, for a total of about 7 million people a year. In addition, about 750 million (twice the population of the United States) do not have access to clean drinking water, meaning that some one million people die every year from diarrhea caused by water-borne diseases.
The earth’s population has grown since it reached 7 billion in 2010. It is expected to reach 8 billion in 2025, 9 billion in 2040, and 11 billion by the end of the 21st century (2). If the demand for food is predicted to rise 50% by 2030 and 70% by 2050, the real problem is not necessarily growing enough food, but rather making that amount available to people. Moreover, food illnesses are prevalent, with nearly 600 million reported cases of foodborne diseases each year. These mainly affect children but can also negatively impact the livelihood of farmers, vendors, trade associations, and ultimately, can reduce the Gross Domestic Product (national income) of a country. These issues can impose tremendous human, economic, social, and fiscal costs on countries, so addressing them allows governments to devote more resources to making desperately needed infrastructure improvements that raise the quality of life for everyone.
It is not enough to have adequate supplies of food available. Policies that focus exclusively on food production can exacerbate the problem, particularly if, to satisfy the need for quantity, the quality of the food is left wanting.
Reasons for Food Insecurity
Certainly, poverty and the contributing systemic internal conditions are the driving factors behind keeping adequate food resources from reaching people, but it is only one of several. Others are.
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Remarks on Food Security by Senator Richard G. Lugar
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February 26, 2009
Remarks on Food Security
Senator Richard G. Lugar
I am honored to have the opportunity to participate in this USAID
conference. I would like to thank Acting USAID Administrator Alonzo
Fulgram for his kind introduction. I appreciate the hard work of the
conference organizers, Michael Carter and Andrew Sheppard. I also want to
thank all of you who are here today. Your work on the front lines of
development is critical to the welfare of millions of people around the world
and to the success of U.S. foreign policy. Many of you have taken extreme
risks and made personal sacrifices in pursuit of development objectives. I
deeply admire your commitment and your service.
I will focus my remarks today on the issue of food security. As you
know, hunger and poverty are two sides of the same coin. Those who are poor
are generally hungry, and those who are hungry are undoubtedly poor.
Increases in food prices have intensified poverty rates as the poor spend more
of their resources to feed themselves. Hunger is a problem of both access and
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availability. Many respected organizations, including the Food and
Agriculture Organization and the World Bank, are strongly advocating that
improving agriculture and rural development should be considered a basic
component in the fight against poverty. Revitalizing the rural economy can
help revitalize other sectors, thereby creating employment and economic
growth.
I recently introduced, with Senator Bob Casey, the Global Food
Security Act of 2009 that would assign a greater priority to alleviating hunger
and poverty. We worked collaboratively with many in the room today,
including USAID and the NGO community. In particular, I want to thank
USAID’s food security team for their time and expertise.
Last Fall, I directed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority
staff to study the causes and consequences of food insecurity from a field
perspective. The report, with numerous findings and recommendations on
the best ways to address hunger, has just been released. The study covered
ten countries experiencing varying degrees of food insecurity. It depended
heavily on the insights of USAID teams and the implementers who work with
them. I am grateful to all who assisted Foreign Relations Committee staff and
contributed to this report.
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As we know, food prices began a steep climb in the Fall of 2007 and
continued to increase during 2008. The increases pushed an additional 75
million people into poverty. While prices have abated somewhat, millions of
people still face difficulty in food access and availability, and malnutrition
rates in many parts of the world remain alarmingly high.
We live in a world where nearly one billion people suffer from chronic
food insecurity. The World Food Program reports that 25,000 people die each
day from malnutrition-related causes. Health experts advise us that a diverse
and secure food supply has major health benefits, including increased child
survival, improved cognitive and physical development of children, and
stronger immune system function, including resistance to HIV/AIDS.
Prolonged malnutrition in children results in stunting and cognitive
difficulties that last a lifetime.
These severe humanitarian consequences of hunger are sufficient cause
for the United States to bolster its involvement in agricultural assistance and
global food security. But I believe we have an even bigger problem. The
global food supply is increasingly at risk from a set of forces that threaten the
fundamental welfare of a large share of the world’s population.
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Thomas Malthus famously warned 200 years ago that food production
would not keep pace with population growth. But Malthus did not foresee
how technology and innovation would increase food production as the
population grew. The problem we face now is that advancements in
agriculture technology have been lagging, even as a dangerous confluence of
factors threatens to severely limit food production in some regions and the
world’s population continues to expand. Between 1970 and 1990, global
aggregate farm yield rose by an average of 2 percent each year. Since 1990,
however, aggregate farm yield has risen by an annual average of just 1.1
percent. The USDA projects that growth in global farm yields will continue to
fall during the next decade.
As a farmer who has seen agricultural yields more than triple during
my lifetime on my family’s farm in Marion County, Indiana, I have faith that
human ingenuity can avert a Malthusian disaster. The Green Revolution
produced high yield seeds and improved agricultural techniques that resulted
in a near doubling of cereal grain production per acre in just two decades.
But we have to have time for innovations to take root, and we have to
apply all the agricultural tools at our disposal. Unfortunately, governments
are falling far short of what is needed to guarantee food security. In fact, in
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some parts of the world, political and social forces are moving us further away
from food security even in the face of severe warning signs.
Here are the basic parameters of the problem:
First, the world’s population is projected to increase to about 9.2 billion
people by 2050. Growing affluence in China, India, and elsewhere is
increasing demand for resource-intensive meat and dairy products. If this
trend toward richer diets continues, those 9.2 billion people may eat enough
food to feed 13 billion people at today’s nutritional levels. Based on
projections for population growth, rising incomes and more meat
consumption, it is estimated that the world’s farmers will have to double their
output by 2050.
Second, food security is closely tied to energy costs that will continue to
be highly unpredictable. Energy is a major factor in food prices because
farming is an energy intensive business, crops have to be transported
efficiently to market, and petroleum based fertilizers and pesticides are used
in many agriculture systems. Although oil prices fell dramatically during the
last 8 months, the basic vulnerability remains. Energy price spikes in the
future are likely to hit with even greater ferocity than the spike we
experienced in 2007 and 2008. Moreover, if peak oil theories are correct, at
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some point in the next few decades we may see declines in supply that will
raise fossil fuel costs to unprecedented levels.
Third, water scarcity is projected to increase in coming decades in
response to population growth, urbanization, land use pressures, and the
effects of climate change. According to a recent report by the Royal Institute
of International Affairs, a half billion people currently live in countries with
chronic water shortages. But that figure is expected to rise to 4 billion by
2050. The International Food Policy Research Institute projects that unless
nations invest in crop research, water management, and rural development,
farmers will be unable to increase their use of irrigation and farm yields will
suffer. One model estimates that by 2025, cereal production could be 300
million metric tons below what could be produced with adequate irrigation,
representing a loss equivalent to the entire U.S. cereal crop in 2000.
Fourth, these factors are converging at a time when global climate
change is challenging farmers on every continent to deal with changing
weather patterns, different agricultural pests, and new water conditions.
These changes could cut food production in many parts of the globe –
especially in the Southern Hemisphere. A report by Sir Nicolas Stern
estimated that a 2 degree Celsius increase in global temperature will cut
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agricultural yields in Africa by as much as 35 percent. Thus, farmers around
the world will be asked to meet the demands of global demographic
expansion, even as they may be contending with a degrading agricultural
environment that significantly depresses yields in some regions.
Despite these alarming trends, investments in agriculture have tumbled
in recent decades. By 2007, rich countries devoted a mere four percent of
their foreign assistance to agriculture. This represents neglect of what should
be considered one of the most vital sectors in the alleviation of poverty. In
Africa, which has the most severe food problems, donor aid to the farm sector
plunged from $4.1 billion in 1989 to just $1.9 billion in 2006. Africa’s per
capita production of corn, its most important staple crop, has dropped by 14
percent since 1980. Equally troubling are sharp cutbacks in research into new
technologies, farming techniques and seed varieties that could increase yields,
cope with changing climate conditions, battle new pests and diseases, and
make food more nutritious.
The United States contributed to this investment decline. According to
a report released yesterday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, “The
share of total U.S. development spending that went to agriculture fell steadily
and sharply from 25 percent in 1980 to just 6 percent in 1990 and only 1
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percent in 2003.” It is clear that we are treating the symptoms of global
hunger rather than its underlying causes. In FY2007, the United States
provided $1.7 billion in PL 480 food shipments, but only $433 million in
agricultural assistance. In Africa, we provided $1.22 billion in food shipments
compared to just $121 million to increase farm productivity. We need to
rebalance our priorities toward long-term development so that food aid is a
response to emergencies rather than chronic hunger.
Recent studies have demonstrated that funds spent in agriculture can be
up to twice as beneficial to economic growth as spending in other areas.
Addressing hunger should be understood as the essence of development. Food
security empowers individuals. With a nutritious diet, workers are more
productive, less vulnerable to disease, and better able to take care of their
families, including keeping their children in school. Food security also has a
multiplier effect throughout society – raising incomes, improving
productivity, spreading equality and opportunity, and creating jobs through
related industries. It seems, therefore, that our overall foreign aid strategy
would benefit from restoring agriculture programs to their former prominence.
The seemingly inexplicable retreat from agricultural development has
been caused by a number of factors. The genuine success of the Green
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Revolution caused some governments and populations to be complacent about
food production. People understand that droughts, disasters, and bad
government create famines, but there is little understanding of the systemic
pressures on the global food supply. With the exception of food calamities, the
effects of malnutrition are subtle and gradual. In an age of instant media
where global attention is directed to the disaster of the day, the constant drain
of malnutrition and hunger draws less attention. Consequently donor
resources are more likely to be devoted to immediate emergency relief efforts
than to long-term agricultural development. The sense that the food problem
was fixed is compounded by the increasing urbanization of the World’s
population. In 1975 about 37 percent of the world’s people lived in cities.
This figure rose to 47 percent by 2000 and may reach as high as 60 percent by
2030. There simply are fewer individuals who have a personal stake in
agricultural productivity or a basic understanding of the practice of farming.
In addition, many donor nations have focused on development
programs for urban areas because of the expectation that the most efficient
means of generating economic growth were to be found in the cities where
transportation is less of a problem and commerce is monetized. This trend
was reinforced by some recipient governments that have favored
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infrastructure projects and urban-focused development assistance for political
reasons. By its nature, agricultural progress is more diffuse, less dramatic,
and less politically useful than other types of development that impact high
population areas. In those nations afflicted by corruption, agriculture
assistance also may offer less of an opportunity for diversion of funds than an
expensive infrastructure project involving numerous contractors.
Finally, the agricultural policies of both developed and developing
governments have too often conflicted with global food security. In
particular, trade policy has focused on protecting domestic farmers, rather
than creating well-functioning global markets. In addition, many
governments, especially in Europe and Africa, have rejected biotechnology
advancements that are necessary to meet future demand for food. Opposition
to safe GM technology contributes to hunger in Africa in the short run and
virtually ensures that much of the continent will lack the tools to adapt their
agriculture to changing climatic conditions in the long run.
I cite these political and perceptual conditions to underscore that
achieving the necessary gains in agriculture productivity is unlikely to happen
through a simple shift of resources. Resources are very important, but the
United States and other like-minded nations must also begin to change the
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views of people around the world. We must create a deeper understanding of
the challenges facing us and rally a global effort behind rapid improvements
in agriculture productivity and food security. World leaders must understand
that over the long term, satisfying global demand for more and better food
can be achieved only by increasing yields per acre.
If we fail in this task, many more people will die of hunger related
causes than are dying now. We also are likely to experience increasingly
frequent food riots and perhaps warfare over food resources. We almost
certainly will have to contend with mass migration and intensifying health
issues stemming from malnutrition.
With these factors in mind, Senator Casey and I introduced our Global
Food Security Act of 2009. This bill is not meant to be a comprehensive
solution to the problem, which is beyond the scope of a single bill. But we are
hopeful that it will serve both as a practical starting point for improving U.S.
and global efforts in this area and as a rallying point for those who agree that
food security should play a much larger role in our national security strategy.
The bill is a five-year authorization that elevates the priority of long-
range agricultural productivity and rural development within our broader
development assistance efforts. It establishes a Special Coordinator for Food
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Security within the Executive Office of the President and charges the
Coordinator with developing a whole-of-government food security strategy.
The bill authorizes nearly $10 billion over five years for agricultural
productivity and rural development. Among other goals, it attempts to
improve research capacity at foreign universities and the dissemination of
technology through extension services. Universities and research centers are
vital in achieving technological advances that are appropriate to local
conditions. As such, the bill calls for increasing collaborative research on the
full range of biotechnological advances including genetically modified
technologies. The bill also improves the U.S. emergency response to food
crises by creating a separate Emergency Food Assistance Fund that can make
local and regional purchases of food, where appropriate.
I believe that achieving global food security is an opportunity for the
United States. We are the indisputable leader in agricultural production and
technology. A more focused effort on our part to join with other nations to
increase yields, create economic opportunities for the rural poor, and broaden
agricultural knowledge could begin a new era in U.S. diplomacy. Such an
effort could improve our broader trade relations and serve as a model for
similar endeavors in the areas of energy and scientific cooperation.
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There is no good reason why nearly a billion people should be food insecure.
We can apply America’s dedication to science, innovation, technology, and
education to lead an effort aimed at overcoming the obstacles to food security.
I look forward to working with you to improve the U.S. and global
efforts to alleviate food insecurity.
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