Calls for G20 to address food insecurity

(Vatican Radio) On Monday, leaders of the G20 economies will meet in Mexico for a two day summit.Ahead of the meeting, CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development agencies is calling for the issue of food insecurity to be put high on the agenda at the gathering.
CIDSE says reducing inequality and promoting sustainable development must be at the heart of the G20s plans to address food insecurity in the short, medium and long term.
“ We fundamentally believe that hunger is a matter of exclusion, social exclusion, economic exclusion and marginalization and disenfranchisement of people”, says Gisele Henriques, the group’s policy and Advocacy Officer for Food, Agriculture and Sustainable Trade.

She told Lydia O’Kane that the message that they want to send is that “focusing on increasing production via industrial and agriculture methods that are creating and contributing to environmental degradation as well as climate change is not the solution.”

The Mexico G20 summit runs from the 18^th to the 19^th June. Listen to Lydia O'Kane's interview with Gisele Henriques. Listen