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"Mr President, it seems ironic that today, 15 September, has been designated Food Safety Day by the Commission and we are focusing on the minimisation of food waste in the European Union. We waste upwards of 90 million tonnes of food a year, about 180 kg per person, and yet so many parts of the world have total food insecurity, as we are debating this morning. While there is perhaps no connection, I think there is a connection in the long term because those who are hungry and see where there is plenty will, I believe, at some stage come to resent that and they will, as mothers do, want to feed their children and use whatever means or energies they have to get access to food.
So, yes, we need the short-term aid to go in, be it money or food. We need to make sure it gets to those who need it, and I believe that many of the NGOs are working well on the ground. Above all, we need an agricultural policy in Africa to deal with the development of agriculture and food production on that continent."@en1
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