Implementation of what we agreed at the population conference in Cairo in 1994 is therefore indispensable. Food security is a responsibility that concerns all of us. Firstly, at the national level, governments must make sustainable, balanced economic growth the keystone of their policies. Nobody should be excluded from economic progress. More jobs and growth of income are necessary.
Poverty alleviation is a key to fighting hunger and malnutrition.
Food security also requires action at the international level. We should aim at an economic climate conducive to international trade and investments, enhancing employment and purchasing power in regions with food deficits, enabling them to buy food elsewhere. In order to make enough food available where it is required, we need free trade and international cooperation. In recent years, significant steps have been taken in the direction of free trade on the international markets for agricultural products. What we need now is the implementation of the measures that have been agreed upon as well as new ones, including further liberalization.