Yadav termed poverty and hunger as inseparable twins, which perpetuate vulnerabilities of the hungry and poor people, and said food insecurity is both a development and security problem.
In regard to Nepal, Yadav said, “We are facing numerous developmental challenges in the process of post-conflict recovery. Rising food prices have been badly affecting us. The adverse effects of climate change that have appeared in the forms of melting of Himalayan glaciers, shrinking forests, landslides, droughts, delayed monsoons and flash floods have caused significant decline in crop yields and aggravated the food security situation.”
The minister added that the present situation of food insecurity is largely the consequence of low investment, decreasing ODA in agricultural sector and relative neglect of the sector.
“On behalf of LDCs, we commit ourselves to improve productivity of our agricultural sector and fight against hunger and poverty and at the same time we expect augmented level of cooperation from our development partners to fight hunger, poverty and promote development endeavors,” he added.
Nepal, in the capacity of the chair of the LDCs, has circulated a status paper prepared on behalf of LDCs in the summit, calling for an urgent action in terms of substantial international support to the Least Developed Countries in their continuing fight against food insecurity, chronic hunger, malnutrition and underdevelopment.
The summit opened on Monday at the UN Food and Agricultural Organization in Rome.
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