Caritas: assisting small farmers, local markets will help end hunger
May 20, 2015
A food-security study commissioned by Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s confederation of relief and development agencies, has found that “the best way to end the scandal of hunger is to support small-scale farmers, especially as they try to adapt to the changing climate.”
Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga presented the study’s results at Expo Milan 2015, the official name of the current world’s fair.
“Lack of access to production resources, low agricultural productivity, climate change and inadequate government policies are the main causes of food insecurity worldwide,” the Caritas survey added. “A good agricultural market system, in particular the promotion of local markets, is a powerful instrument to avert the consequences of food insecurity.”
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Further information:
- Global Caritas survey points to leading causes of hunger (Caritas)
- Caritas Internationalis Food Security Study (Caritas)
- Eradicate hunger. Food for All: “Yes we can” (Vatican Radio)
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Posted by: shrink -
May. 21, 2015 5:37 AM ET USA
It's interesting that CO2 is absolutely essential to plant life. Increasing CO2 levels actually acts like a fertilizer and helps plant growth. (Just ask any greenhouse operator.) Climate Change is accompanied by increasing levels of CO2, but Maradiaga says that's bad. Must be that Maradiaga is against fertilizers ; > )
