This coming Saturday 8 June, thousands –if not tens of
thousands – of campaigners are gathering at a rally in central London in a call
to demand action on hunger at the G8.
The event is part of the Enough Food for Everyone…IF
campaign to bring an end to hunger worldwide.
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| UDS farmers check pineapple crop |
The IF campaign was launched earlier this year by a coalition
of 100 UK development charities and faith groups, with the aim of pressuring
governments to put hunger and malnutrition on the G8 agenda.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to hold a
special meeting on hunger ahead of the G8 meeting of world leaders in Northern
Ireland 17-18 June.
Among the demands of the IF campaign is the provision of more funds for small-scale farming. This is an area in which UDS has long been working, training subsistence farmers in better agricultural methods in order to produce crops to take to market and thus improve their income while producing more food.
So what better time to remind you of our farmers’ appeal?
Among the demands of the IF campaign is the provision of more funds for small-scale farming. This is an area in which UDS has long been working, training subsistence farmers in better agricultural methods in order to produce crops to take to market and thus improve their income while producing more food.
So what better time to remind you of our farmers’ appeal?
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