The G20 and hunger
Disappointingly, world leaders failed to make firm commitments to tackle hunger at this year’s G20 summit. But there is hope – you can email your MP to help change this.
The recent food crisis in east Africa has shocked the world. Sadly, this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are still close to a billion people going hungry every night in a world where we have more than enough food to go around.
G20 agenda
Despite a pledge to put hunger at the forefront of this year’s G20 agenda, the G20 governments failed to put forward any concrete solutions to end hunger. Also, unfortunately support for smallholder agriculture was a mere footnote at the summit.
Supporting poor farmers
Half the world’s hungry people are smallholder farmers. Concern Worldwide works in 25 of the world’s poorest countries with smallholder farmers like Patricia (pictured). With the right support, we know that many poor farmers are able to feed themselves through their own hard work. Supporting agriculture goes beyond the farmers themselves. When farmers grow more, they eat more and better food, sell food locally and employ others, boosting the whole community.
G20 disappointment
At the G20 meeting in Cannes, non-governmental organisations criticised the G20 members for focusing on the requirements of business rather than addressing the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable people.
Help the UK lead the way
The UK is hugely influential in global development. It leads the way in supporting emergency efforts to end hunger and pledging to keep hunger commitments made at a previous G8 meeting in in L’Aquila, Italy. So, we are calling for the UK to lead the way globally by supporting poor farmers and helping make hunger a thing of the past.
End hunger
You can help to end hunger for hardworking farmers like Patricia by emailing your MP today, to push for their party to commit to supporting smallholder agriculture through aid.
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