Most concerned Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) condemn the emphasis on an at best unproven solution, while traditional farming practices are being discouraged by the economic measures being put in place by U.S. backed financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund. At the same time, the U.S. subsidises its own farms at the rate of $300 Billion a year, while continuing trade restrictions on developing countries, thereby forcing many to abandon farming altogether.

It would appear that the developed world prefers doling out charity to hungry compliant nations, rather than encouraging self-sufficiency, which would allow for greater independence from international institutions and multi-national corporations.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has a special section on the World Food Summit: http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsummit/english/index.html

The FAO and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are the leading forces in the battle against World Hunger and have combined resources into the World Food Program (WFP). The WFP of the U.nited Nations also presents continuing information on world hunger and how the U.N. is trying to cope with the problem: http://www.wfp.org/index2.html

Please see related article, "Fewer Weapons, More Food", in our HEALTH section.