Higgins: Hunger crises created by inequality

President Michael D Higgins has said that hunger crises around the world are created and sustained by gross inequalities.

At the opening of a two-day conference in Dublin Castle on tackling the issue, Mr Higgins called on governments to urgently address the lack of regulation of transnational land acquisition, transfer of water rights, and speculation on food commodities.

“Global hunger in the 21st century represents the grossest of human rights violations, and the greatest ethical challenge facing the global community,” he said.