Last week's decision from the socialist group at the Committee of the Regions (CoR), to invite Olivier De Schutter, UN rapporteur on global food security, was a welcome initiative. This column has on two occasions (EUROPE 9872 and 9873) commented on the importance of his work, which has harshly condemned the global policies hitherto pursued in the agricultural arena that prioritised the freeing up of trade, unbridled competition, and the encouragement of poor countries to produce for exports...