MDG UN 2015

Calderisi fortæller f.eks., at regeringen i Uganda fornylig bestilte for 300 mio. dollar jagerfly i Rusland fremfor at bruge pengene - der stammer fra forventede indtægter fra nylige fund af olie- og naturgasforekomster - på at investere i uddannelse. »Donorlandene bliver nødt til at belønne u-lande med god regeringsførelse og straffe dem, der bevidst spilder ressourcer,«

your actions are not only deplorable, but seriously reprehensible. No secretary-general before you has questioned the authority delegated to (the head of OIOS) to appoint the staff in OIOS. Your action is without precedent and in my opinion seriously embarrassing to yourself

Eighty-seven percent said they supported U.S. involvement in achieving the goals by 2015

only 40 percent of respondents said they would support spending an additional 1 percent of the U.S. budget on foreign assistance, with 55 percent opposed

Cecil Noel, South Africa's chief finance director set the tone for the debate that followed, stating, 'These targets do not make any sense. I shall be asking my head of state to propose a review of these targets in the AU Summit in Kampala in July.' He proceeded, supported by Egypt's deputy minister Hany Dimian to argue, 'The heads of states have made a colossal mistake. These targets straightjacket the process of budgeting in our countries.'

The Nigerian head of delegation further noted, 'I worry about the precedence we are setting where we make commitments and drop them when it is expedient.'

this could indicate an abandonment of the bold financing that has gone into reversing vulnerability to food insecurity, disease and denial of access to education

how will Africa now have the integrity to hold the G8 and international community to the commitments that they have made to contribute 0.7 per cent of their gross national product and double development assistance to Africa?

behind these declarations and decisions are a number of research consultancies, numerous meetings of African ministers of education, agriculture, water and sanitation and health, at least five summits of Addis-based ambassadors, ministers of foreign affairs and heads of states and their delegations. At a conservative figure, this could have run into US$10 million over the last ten years.

agricultural land that was formerly productive has been lost to urbanization and other human uses, as well as to desertification, salinization, soil erosion, and other consequences of unsustainable land management

the world will need 70 to 100% more food by 2050

Low yields occur because of technical constraints that prevent local food producers from increasing productivity or for economic reasons arising from market conditions.

In the most extreme cases of failed states and nonfunctioning markets, the solution lies completely outside the food system.

Fair returns on investment are essential for the proper functioning of the private sector, but the extension of the protection of intellectual property rights to biotechnology has led to a growing public perception in some countries that biotech research purely benefits commercial interests and offers no long-term public good. Just as seriously, it also led to a virtual monopoly of GM traits in some parts of the world, by a restricted number of companies, which limits innovation and investment in the technology.

the environmental costs of food production might increase with globalization, for example, because of increased greenhouse gas emissions associated with increased production and food transport

Food production has important negative "externalities," namely effects on the environment or economy that are not reflected in the cost of food.

Food production in developing countries can be severely affected by market interventions in the developed world, such as subsidies or price supports.

The introduction of measures to promote sustainability does not necessarily reduce yields or profits. One study of 286 agricultural sustainability projects in developing countries, involving 12.6 million chiefly small-holder farmers on 37 million hectares, found an average yield increase of 79% across a very wide variety of systems and crop types

Unexploited genetic material from land races, rare breeds, and wild relatives will be important in allowing breeders to respond to new challenges

superior technologies may become available and that future generations may be wealthier

Roughly 30 to 40% of food in both the developed and developing worlds is lost to waste

In the developing world, losses are mainly attributable to the absence of food-chain infrastructure

retailers discard many edible, yet only slightly blemished products

unwanted food goes to a landfill instead of being used as animal feed or compost because of legislation to control prion diseases

About one-third of global cereal production is fed to animals

the argument that all meat consumption is bad is overly simplistic

There is no simple solution to sustainably feeding 9 billion people