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"The first of the Millennium Development Goals – to which the 189 UN Member States are committed – is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. To this end, they have committed to halving the proportion of people whose income is less than USD 1 a day, and to halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. Achievement of this goal is being made harder by food insecurity, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and in developing countries. Following a slight decline in 2010, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation forecasts that the number of people suffering from hunger will increase in 2011, owing to the economic and financial crisis, which has caused an increase in the price of food products. Climate change, loss of biodiversity, degradation of soils, pressure on water resources and biofuels can be added to this problem. In the face of this situation, the EU has felt it necessary to revise its approach to food security. I welcome the adoption of this report, which includes principles of safeguarding the right to food in trade agreements between the EU and third countries."@en1
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