14/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - The L'Aquila global food supply security initiative has been generally well received, although with some reservations in certain cases. Head of the FAO Jacques Diouf sees, like the EU, “an encouraging policy shift towards supporting the poor and hungry so that they can produce their own food”. The CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development NGOs, is more critical. While it says that the G8 focus on smallholder farmers and women in particular is positive, it feels that the financial commitments made are insufficient. “The G8 sets aside $20 billion for the coming three years, while they have spent $13 billion in the past 18 months. This simply means $20 billion won't be enough to feed the world's one billion hungry,” says Cordaid, a Dutch member of the CIDSE. (A.N./transl.rt)