61. Participants in the World Food Summit had affirmed that poverty was a major cause of food insecurity and that poverty eradication was critical to improving access to food.

Progress in poverty eradication was essential to improve food security and access to food.

Food stamp scheme and the poverty alleviation programme

Desertification contributed to poverty, hunger, disease and food insecurity.

We still face extreme poverty, food shortages, hunger and malnutrition.

Land degradation and food insecurity were basically poverty related problems.

Desertification and drought aggravated food insecurity, migratory flows, urban poverty and civil unrest.

28. Equitable income growth is essential for reducing chronic food deficiency and poverty.

Sometimes they don't even have enough food, and they live below the poverty line.

23. Progress achieved in combating desertification had contributed to poverty eradication and food security.

Some 80 per cent of Kabulis live in poverty, with half receiving food aid.

Measuring the degree of vulnerability to food insecurity is the first step in poverty assessment.

Multiple benefits would accrue to human health, poverty eradication, food production and protection of biodiversity.

Agriculture underpins food security, provides export earnings, promotes rural development and reduces malnutrition and poverty.

1 Depth of poverty is a poverty indicator that shows the average deviation of the level of income of members of the target households from the established criterion (subsistence level, food poverty line, and official poverty line).

In Bangladesh, for example, aquaculture contributed to poverty reduction, employment, food security and increasing rural incomes.

Poverty and underdevelopment were the root causes of the lack of food security in those countries.

An underlying priority is poverty eradication, particularly the feminization of poverty, and related economic and social issues, including population, health, food security, education and environmental impact.

27. Ms. Hammam (World Food Programme (WFP)) said that in 1996, the World Food Programme had reached more than 45 million people living in hunger and poverty.

Food fortification and iron supplementation are widely ranked among the most cost effective interventions for poverty reduction.

Fishery resources contribute greatly to food security, poverty alleviation and the economic well being of many countries.

Fisheries, including artisanal, or small scale fisheries, contribute significantly to poverty alleviation, food security and economic growth.

Food fortification and iron supplementation are widely ranked among the most cost effective interventions for poverty reduction.

There are important linkages between population pressures, natural resources, food security, the environment, ill health and poverty.

Sustainable rural development and growth entailed poverty reduction, broad based economic growth, food security and natural resource management.

81. The goal of food security for all was at the same time the goal of eradicating poverty.

Welcoming with satisfaction the regional Food Security Strategy which regards poverty eradication as a prime concern, and in particular addresses the issues of improving access to food and nutrition,

In Yemen, a 1998 survey indicated that 17.6 per cent of its population lived below the food poverty line, whereas 41.8 per cent were below the consumption poverty line.

The fact is that assessment of food requirements representing only 34.5 per cent of the poverty line amount shows that food expenses account to a large extent for essential needs.

quot Welcoming with satisfaction the regional Food Security Strategy which regards poverty eradication as a prime concern, and in particular addresses the issues of improving access to food and nutrition,

Zimbabwe had already taken measures to address extreme poverty and ensure sustained food production through its land redistribution programme.

60. Mr. Nakouzi (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)) said that poverty and food insecurity would be the major challenge facing developing countries in the twenty first century.

Recognizing the significant contribution of sustainable fisheries to food security, income, wealth and poverty alleviation for present and future generations,

Remove far from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me

Remove far from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty nor riches feed me with food convenient for me

Consequently, poverty alleviation and increasing food production and access to potable water supply systems emerged as important development priority areas.

Removing basic food staples from trade agreements altogether would be more helpful and go a long way in reducing poverty.

Developing countries should be allowed to use safeguard mechanisms to protect food security, rural livelihoods and development for poverty reduction.

In order to combat poverty, the Mexican Government had been implementing the Food, Health and Education Programme, established in 1997.

What actions can be undertaken to improve understanding of the contribution of small scale fisheries to food security and poverty reduction?

10 Household food security implications for policy and action for rural poverty alleviation and nutrition , International Fund for Agricultural Development, 1996.

Food security, through the promotion of productive activities that will lead to implementation of intersectoral strategies, in particular for poverty reduction.

Human trafficking is an important issue that has its roots in poverty, insecurity of food and livelihoods development inequalities and migration.

This programme also endeavours to include additional services that benefit rural populations affected by food poverty by encouraging communities to participate.

Development concerns such as conflict, food insecurity and poverty were recognized as offering fertile ground for the spread of HIV AIDS.