Summary of Relations - Democracy Development: FOOD SECURITY: Discussion

Will the world be able to feed itself in 2050? 2050 is still 41 years away. That is a long time. (As Keynes said, in the long run we are all dead, and 41 years is a pretty long time). But while I may be dead, I can reasonably hope my children will not be. And perhaps by then they will have children of their own, too. We have an ethical responsibility not just to those with whom we share this planet here and now, but also to those who come after us. That responsibility is an important part of what gives our lives and our decisions meaning. We shape the future with our choices today. It matters to me, and I believe it matters to all of us, that those who are alive in 2050 live free from hunger. All of them. Read more in this opinion paper on the world's FOOD SECURITY prepared for the workshop at CEDS, Paris, France: January 2009.