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"Hunger is one of the world’s greatest scourges. In 2010, almost a billion people were starving, a quarter of the world’s children under the age of five were malnourished and about a third of them were dying of hunger. I voted in favour of this resolution because it demands that additional action be taken as a matter of urgency to combat hunger. We are calling for an end to food price speculation, which distorts the market and increases prices. People tortured by hunger, particularly in African countries, are unable to buy products that have increased in price. The resolution also calls for an assessment of the changes to the common agricultural policy and for the strengthening of cooperation between the EU and non-governmental organisations combating hunger. In the document, countries and regions in which hunger prevails are urged to store some food so that people would have something to eat in the event of a sudden change in weather conditions, or political or other types of crises. As food is more important than the production of energy, we propose that, while there are still hungry people in the world, we should stop biofuel production. It occupies vast areas of land which could be used for food production."@en1
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