STWR - Share The World's Resources

With the toll of the hungry already surpassing a billion, a sharp decline in long term agricultural investments is worsening the food crisis. Governments and donors should prioritise agriculture and tailor investments to suit local conditions, says a report by Oxfam. 

Policy failures by the EU and US have directly contributed to the ongoing food crisis. A new model of sustainable agriculture is needed to provide a fairer balance between economic profitability and socio-ecological justice, argues a report by the IATP and CIDSE.

We urgently need to overhaul the world's food production, handling and distribution system to work alongside nature rather than against it . This would simultaneously ease the food and environmental crises, says a report by the UNEP.

Western-led responses to the 2008 food crisis argue for a genetically engineered revolution in African agriculture. African farmers and environmentalists offer alternative solutions rooted in first-hand knowledge of what is needed to secure food sovereignty. A report by the Oakland Institute.

With a billion people living in hunger the food crisis remains an international emergency. As long as governments and international agencies do not change the economic system that has caused the crisis, it remains all too likely to continue, warns a report by the International Trade Union Confederation.

Prior to the G20 meeting in April to revive the world economy, a report from the United Nations has called for a "new global green deal" that goes beyond financial objectives to prioritise the environment, climate change and poverty reduction. 

Another 40 million people were pushed into hunger in 2008 due to higher food prices, bringing the number of hungry in the world to 963 million, or 14 percent of the world's population, according to a flagship report by the FAO.