It has to do with the ability of people to gain access to sufficient food. We must meet the challenge of hunger today , for hunger today leads to hunger tomorrow. We must invest in people , not just agriculture, in the producers as well as production. Women are a key part of the solution to hunger. Resources for women are resources for food security.
Peace is a prerequisite for food security.
Acute hunger is increasingly found in the presence of political instability. These concerns, shared by many participants in the Summit, are echoed in the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action. Many aspects of the Plan those relating to preparedness for natural disasters and man-made emergencies, for example have been deeply embedded in the work of WFP for some years. These are familiar, long-standing features of WFP's activities. They are of great importance, but call for sustained efforts rather than a change in direction.