President Michael D Higgins told the Dakar 2 Summit in Senegal that an urgent response was required from the global community to address critical food security issues in Africa
Mr Higgins said the underlying failures of a structural kind and multilateral institution kind that are disrupting global food supply must be addressed.
President Higgins is the only non-African Head of State to attend the Summit. He will also deliver a closing address on Thursday. "This humanitarian response is urgent, essential, but it is not sufficient. The underlying failures of a structural kind and multilateral institution kind that are disrupting global food supply must be addressed. The global humanitarian response cannot be a mask that serves to cover for the continued neglect of the structural sources of food insecurity."
President Higgins called for an intellectual temperament, rooted in the emancipatory spirit of"African enlightenment thinking", that would result in the forging of a"new model of connection between ecology, economy and society". The 3-day Dakar 2 Summit is seen as a key gathering in efforts to engage government resources, development agencies and the private sector to harness Africa's food and agriculture potential.
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