World leaders, including Iran’s much disliked Ahmadinejad and Zimbabwe’s Mugabe, gathered in Rome in an attempt to come to a consensus on the world food crisis. The BBC article published two days ago encapsulates many of the view points the leaders of these countries expressed. That production must rise in order to meet the growing demand for food worldwide. The goal, says UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon, is to boost production by 50 percent in the next 22 years. Many argued that tariffs and export restrictions in place in certain countries need to be loosened or abolished completely.
In other news, Monsanto, the monster agricorporation, who has about as many friends as Ahmadinejad, has vowed to help starving nations. The company has promised to produce a variety of seeds for soybeans, corn, and cotton that will be twice as bountiful as current seeds and require 30 percent less water. By 2030, the company says it will fulfill this goal. Strange, since many argue that Monsanto is one of the major causes of the food shortage for supplying the already starving (now more starving) nations with insufficient seeds that must be replanted and do not re-germinate, and for failing to teach proper irrigation techniques. Guess Monsanto has really turned a corner.
–Nick
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