Rome-based agencies : FAO, IFAD, WFP and Bioversity
International - Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011 - Stakeholder type:
United Nations & Other IGOs - Name: Rome-based agencies : FAO,
IFAD, WFP and Bioversity International - Submission Document:
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Rio + 20 Outcome Document 1. Current development pathways have
left 1.4 billion in extreme poverty, 925 million hungry and many
more malnourished and food insecure. 2. Unsustainable models of
development are degrading the natural environment threatening
the ecosystems and biodiversity on which livelihoods, and food
and nutrition security depend. 3. Globally, risks are increasing
- erratic weather patterns, natural disasters, price volatility
and market risks are all increasing uncertainty for global food
and nutrition security. 4. An unsustainable agriculture and food
system has contributed to these social and environmental
failures but agriculture also offers many solutions for
sustainable development and a gre