The conclusions of the FAO Summit once again placed emphasis (alongside some predictable affirmations of principle), on two traditional mistaken remedies to combat hunger in the world, remedies that have more to do with demagogy than reasoning, which are: a) increase the financial resources placed at the disposal of the FAO itself (a body in which half the budget goes to administrative expenditure); b) push the agricultural exports of poor countries towards rich and overfed countries....