Brazil Will Need Continuity in Food Policies to Stamp Out Hunger
Written by Juliana Andrade
Thursday, 18 May 2006
Continuity in government policies in the area of food and nutritional security is essential for Brazil to be successful in eliminating hunger.
This assessment was made Thursday, May 18, by the president of the Brazilian National Council on Food and Nutritional Security (CONSEA), Chico Menezes, in comments on an unprecedented study of this topic by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
According to the IBGE study, which was released yesterday, May 17, approximately 14 million people experience hunger in Brazil. 40% of the population or 72 million Brazilians have enough food to eat.
"If policies remain unstable - implemented by one Administration and abandoned by the next - we shall not overcome this shame, which is the matter of food insecurity, as this research now demonstrates," Menezes said in a radio interview. In his view, the results of the IBGE study are relevant to an evaluation of the government policies developed in the country.
Menezes observed that the study was based on data from the 2004 National Household Sample Survey (PNAD). In that year, he said, the Family Grant program reached 5.5 million families.
"Now the number of families served by the Family Grant is nearing 10 million, and this and other programs will surely result in substantial progress."
Brazil is one of the biggest agriculture exporter, proclaims itself to be the garden of the world, BUT still have hunger and under nourrished citizens by the millions and millions !
But obviously your prefer to export instead of feeding your citizens FIRST !
This just shows that your society has no common sense. Everything for a minority, and what is left for the majority. 20 % of Brazil is a developed population and 80 % have the same standard of living as in a third world country !
Nothing to be proud of !
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A true GLORY! written by Guest,
May 18, 2006
I am proud of the 20% developed population!
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... written by Guest,
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DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
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... written by Guest,
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Yes, I am doing my part, paying an honest tax, working hard, supporting my family and helping friends to get jobs and give money to support poor children in school. What else one person can do?
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Brazil received a huge boost in its international image with its selection as the host of the 2016 Olympics, but it was really just the cherry on top of the overall recognition of the country's ascension to the ranks of one of the world's most important countries. Now, as it finally takes its place on the world scene, there has been a great deal of concern about what kind of image Brazil hopes to project, now that the world is really paying attention. 
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