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Boost Food Productivity in Developing Countries, Says China’s Agriculture Minister

• Developed countries should invest more to improve food productivity in developing economies
• To address food shortages, partnerships such as the New Vision for Agriculture are essential 

Dalian, People‘s Republic of China, 15 September 2011 – To address food security challenges – especially how to feed the nearly 1 billion chronically hungry people in the world – more attention and investment are needed to boost food productivity, particularly in developing countries. “Food security is a common challenge for the world,” Han Changfu, China’s Minister of Agriculture, told participants in a panel discussion of the issue at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011. “Developed countries have to put more effort and resources into improving food productivity in developing economies.”