Commissioner Piebalgs promotes food security and nutrition in developing countries at an event in Rome
EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will today participate in an event to promote global food and nutrition security and increase resilience for rural poor people.
Co-organised with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) the World Food Programme (WFP), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the event will take place in Rome (Italy). During his intervention, the Commissioner will highlight EU’s commitment to tackling global hunger and undernutrition, especially since the food price crisis of 2007 and 2008. At the time the EU set up a billion euro into an EU Food Facility to respond to rising food prices in developing countries. The facility has directly benefited 59 million people and provided spill-over benefits for 93 million. Globally, the EU is the world’s largest grant donor for food and nutrition security, spending over a billion euro on average every year.
The event, which starts at 3pm, can be followed live here.
