Experts discuss South Asia's food insecurity

KATHMANDU, Oct 30 - Taking note of the implications of the Triple “F” Crises"Fuel, Food and Financial"for South Asian economies and food security, a South Asian Civil Society Forum was recently organized in Kathmandu in a bid to come up with concrete suggestions for SAARC governments for ensuring food security ...

South Asian civil society experts, global agencies such as the FAO, the World Bank, the UNICEF, and several institutions working in the area of food security from South Asia and Southeast Asia attended the forum.

Issuing a statement at the end, the civil society forum urged SAARC governments to consider the issues of the statement and undertake appropriate actions while making decisions on the regional strategies and projects as well as the operationalization of the SAARC Food Bank, and Agriculture Perspective 2020 during the Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the Agriculture Ministers of the Member States on 5-6 November 2008.

Full Text of the Civil Society Statement on Food Security