taken in Latin America Nairobi, 5 APR ( EFE).- A series of policies on food and food security could serve to reduce hunger in Africa, said today the special UN rapporteur for the right to food, Olivier Schutter.
At a press in Nairobi, De Schutter said that, since 2005, several Latin American countries, “such as Guatemala and Brazil”, adopted policies that “increase the participation of civil associations and organizations of farmers in the development of agricultural and food policies”.
. The rapporteur pointed out that these regulations “enable courts and national human rights associations so that they can make monitoring of the actions of Governments and of the fulfilment of its commitments”.
This model, according to the UN Envoy, “looks like that you are you are playing, little by little, on the African continent”, although of very shy manner about the “lack of accountability of Governments and the weakness of the parliaments when it comes to monitoring of Government actions”.
However, for the Special Rapporteur of the UN, “the Horn of Africa is understanding that (the countries of that region) not be can continue to build in traditional agricultural schemes” by the effects of climate change.
In this regard, De Schutter opted for Africa for crops more resistant to extreme weather conditions, such as cassava, very popular in Latin America product.
In relation to the food situation in the Horn of Africa, which until a few weeks ago had several areas in Somalia declared in a State of famine by the UN, the rapporteur indicated that “the situation has improved”, although “there are still nine million people in need of food aid”.
Concerning the current humanitarian crisis in the Sahel, the representative of FAO advocated “to act as soon as possible, not when people become refugees, because then they will depend on full foreign aid”.
