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Concept Note for theWorld Food Day 2012 Department of 观注的世界粮食日2012部.docx

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Concept Note for theWorld Food Day 2012 Department of 观注的世界粮食日2012部

CONCEPT NOTE“WORLD FOOD DAY”16 OCTOBER 2012GAUTENG FIRST DRAFT1.INTRODUCTIONWorld Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It marks the date of the founding of FAO in 1945. The aim of the Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. In 1980, the General Assembly endorsed observance of the Day in consideration of the fact that food is a requisite for human survival and well-being and a fundamental human necessity (resolution 35/70 of 5 December 1980).?).?Disasters such as floods and droughts are major challenges in water management that need to be overcome in order to ensure sustainable human development and poverty alleviation.The annual worldwide World Food Day (WFD) commemorations on the 16th October are marked by a theme relevant to the current global food security challenges. This 32nd second WFD commemoration is marked by the theme:”Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world. Cooperative model is a community centered business approach that strives for socio-economic means of its members to be realized. The aggregation of smaller farm units into a larger cooperative unit would facilitate breaking the constraints attributed to problems related to lack of access to markets namely, transportation, market infrastructure, collection and storage of produce, lack of bargaining power and finally lack of institutional responsibility focused at ensuring marketing access for small farmers. The key policy priority is to strengthen the ability of rural and urban households, especially those that are poor and vulnerable, to be organized and play an active role in sustaining their livelihoods through agriculture. This will allow producers to capture the considerable economies of scale existing in the procurement of inputs and marketing of outputs as well as facilitating the exchange of information and access