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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9800

10 December 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/agriculture
McGuinness report calls for immediate action to ensure global food security

Brussels, 09/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 8 December, the European Parliament's agriculture committee called for “immediate and continued” action to ensure global food security. It considers that the €1 billion in aid decided by the EU for developing countries should be reinforced by further investment in agriculture, and calls in particular for mechanisms to be set in place to ensure the availability of sufficient stocks in the world. The own-initiative report on the subject by...

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