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FFTC in partnership with Korea's National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) and Rural Development Administration (RDA) organized the international seminar on Agricultural and Food Policy Reforms: Food Security from the Perspectives of Asian Small-scale Farmers held in Seoul, Korea, 24-28 August 2009. The seminar deliberated on the diverse factors causing the instability and fluctuations in the prices of food products and farm inputs, with the intent to identify sound agricultural and food policy and strategies. It also reviewed the current situation, major issues and problems in food security and agricultural policy in Asia. Agricultural growth is the key to sustainable development and poverty reduction. Hence, in confronting the challenges of food security, agricultural development policy must be geared toward improving domestic food production toward self- sufficiency.
FFTC, 2009. The Challenges of Food Security from the Perspectives of Asian Small-Scale Farmers, www.agnet.org (30 December 2009) |
