xpost: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says Venezuela Prepared for World Food Crisis

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I know people in the E/E forum will be interested in this.
Some good comments by Peace Patriot in the thread in the GD forum.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5163276

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says Venezuela Prepared for World Food Crisis

Important article posted earlier by G_j in a deleted thread.
The article has more details about what Venezuela is doing.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/4254

U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Says Venezuela Prepared for World Food Crisis

February 27th 2009, by James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com

Mérida, February 27th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) -- The representative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Venezuela, Francisco Arias Milla, said the Venezuelan government’s investment in domestic food production and regional food security will strengthen its ability and that of its neighbors to withstand the worsening global food crisis.

“The FAO recognizes the efforts of the national government to introduce policies, strategies, and programs to confront the global economic crisis and the volatility of food prices, and at the same time to protect the food and nutritional security of the Venezuelan people,” Arias told the Bolivarian News Agency (ABN) on Thursday.

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The FAO predicts that the world food crisis will get worse over the next two years. The financial crisis is expected to push down food prices, providing a disincentive for farmers to plant. This will result in a decrease in the food supply and increase in prices in 2009 and 2010, further victimizing the world’s most vulnerable populations, according to Graziano da Silva, an FAO representative in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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