[…] More than one billion people – one sixth of the world’s population – suffer from chronic hunger. Without enough food, adults struggle to work and children struggle to learn. Global food supplies must increase by an estimated 50 percent to meet expected demand in the next 20 years. Advancing sustainable agricultural-led growth increases the availability of food, keeps food affordable, and raises the incomes of the poor.

[…] We have collaborated over more than 50 years. And today we are called to collaborate once again. We have to work together, because it’s imperative that we invest in the science that will increase crop yields, that we do more to link farms and markets so that farmers can sell their products, that we expand the export of technology and training to bring more assistance to farmers in vulnerable communities, worldwide, and we strengthen our response to climate change, which threatens the waterways that sustain agriculture in many parts of the world, including South Asia.

[…] “We have committed to investing $20 billion in food security — agricultural development programs to help fight world hunger,” President Obama said July 10 at a post-G8 Summit press conference in L’Aquila, Italy. “We do not view this assistance as an end in itself. We believe that the purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it’s no longer needed — to help people become self-sufficient, provide for their families and lift their standards of living.”

[…] Ethiopian-American scientist Gebisa Ejeta named World Food Prize winner for technology breakthroughs, agricultural training and education

[…] Agricultural biotechnology is meeting with growing acceptance in countries around the world, helping farmers and food producers rise to the challenge of producing enough food to meet the needs of growing populations in the 21st century and beyond.

[…] we seek strong and sustainable agriculture sectors that produce and deliver food efficiently. From local scientists that design new technology to farmers that profit from their hard work. From small businesses that sell agriculture products to consumers that have sufficient income to purchase their own food. We envision strong agriculture sectors driving economic growth and reducing the need for emergency food assistance

[…] Today, the President called upon Congress to double U.S. financial support for agricultural development in developing countries, to more than $1 billion in 2010. A permanent solution to food insecurity requires restoration of rapid and sustained economic growth that directly engages the world’s poorest populations, many of whom depend on agricultural labor for most or all of their household income and food consumption. We can directly improve the lives of poor populations by growing rural economies through broad-based agriculture growth.