technologies and policy approaches. We urge member states, to establish in
accordance with the Monterrey Consensus, governance and policy
environments which will facilitate investment in improved agricultural
technologies;
V.
e)
We encourage the international community to continue its efforts in
liberalizing international trade in agriculture by reducing trade barriers and
market distorting policies. Addressing these measures will give farmers,
particularly in developing countries, new opportunities to sell their products on
world markets and support their efforts to increase productivity and production;
f)
It is essential to address the challenges and opportunities posed by biofuels, in
view of the world's food security, energy and sustainable development needs.
We are convinced that in-depth studies are necessary to ensure that production
and use of biofuels is sustainable in accordance with the three pillars of
sustainable development and takes into account the need to achieve and
maintain global food security. We are further convinced of the desirability of
exchanging experiences on biofuels technologies, norms and regulations. We
call upon relevant intergovernmental organizations, including FAO, within their
mandates and areas of expertise, with the involvement of national governments,
partnerships, the private sector, and civil society, to foster a coherent, effective
and results-oriented international dialogue on biofuels in the context of food
security and sustainable development needs.
Monitoring and Review
8.
We request the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in close
partnership with WFP and IFAD and other relevant international organizations, including
those participating in the High-Level Task Force on the Global Food Crisis and in
collaboration with governments, civil society and the private sector, to monitor and analyse
world food security in all its dimensions - including those addressed by this Conference - and
to develop strategies to improve it.
9.
In realizing the contents of the measures above, we stress the importance of the
effective and efficient use of the resources of the United Nations system, and other relevant
international organizations.
We firmly resolve to use all means to alleviate the suffering caused by the current
crisis, to stimulate food production and to increase investment in agriculture, to
address obstacles to food access and to use the planet's resources sustainably, for
present and future generations.
We commit to eliminating hunger and to securing food for all today and tomorrow.
Rome, 5 June 2008.