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["Andy Bullock" <<address removed>>]

The facilitating documents for this whole consultation appear to me to be
like opening a book at Chapter 2; namely how agriculturally-equipped
societies can best contribute to economic growth and emerge from poverty
through more advanced livelihood strategies.

I feel the introductory remarks to the debate are thin indeed on the
priority to
eradicate hunger and the meeting of the World Food Summit objective, in
the context that a majority of the African rural poor rely upon
self-provisioning (for at least some) proportion of calorific and
nutritional intake. Certain issues of rights of access to natural resources
are significantly different in the context of self-provisioning compared
with (even small) agricultural enterprises.

Before commenting further on this particular issue (for example under the
topic of risks and vulnerability), I would welcome the advice of the
moderators as to why this critical aspect of agriculture appears to be given
a very low profile. Perhaps it is not as critical as my experience has led
me to believe it to be!

Andy Bullock


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