Call to prioritise agri-production

AGRICULTURAL production and nutrition must become priorities for development aid programmes, Minister Brendan Smith told the World Food Summit in Rome yesterday.

He said rising food prices impact on food security. This is most evident in the developing world, where people already suffering from under-nourishment, and for whom food bills make up between 60% and- 80% of their income, are facing a heavy burden.

More than half the world’s population lives in low-income, food-deficit countries.