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1、iUnitedNationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopmentUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeUNEP-UNCTADCapacity-buildingTaskForceonTrade,EnvironmentandDevelopmentOrganicAgricultureandFoodSecurityinAfricaUnitedNationsNewYorkandGeneva,2008iiNoteSymbolsofUnitedNationsdocumentsarecomposedofcapita
2、lletterscombinedwith¿gures.MentionofsuchasymbolindicatesareferencetoaUnitedNationsdocument.ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofany
3、country,territory,cityorarea,orofitsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.TheviewsexpressedinthisvolumearelargelythoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreÀecttheviewsoftheUNCTADandUNEPsecretariats.Materialinthispublicationmaybefreelyquotedorreprinted,but
4、acknowledgementisrequested,togetherwithareferencetothedocumentnumber.AcopyofthepublicationcontainingthequotationorreprintshouldbesenttotheUNCTADsecretariat(c/oAdministrativeSecretary,DivisiononInternationalTradeinGoodsandServices,andCommodities,PalaisdesNations,1211Geneva10,Swit
5、zerland).InformationonCBTFactivitiesisavailableontheCBTFwebsite:htp://www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf.UNCTAD/DITC/TED/2007/15UNITEDNATIONSPUBLICATIONCopyright©UnitedNations,2008AllrightsreservediiiForewordFoodsecurityisanissueofgreatandgrowingconcerninmanycountries,particularlyinAfrica
6、.Despiteglobalpledges,therecentreportoftheUnitedNationsSpecialRapporteurontheRighttoFoodhighlightedthatthenumberofpeoplesufferingfromhungerhasincreasedeveryyearsince1996.Feedingover6billionpeople–andover9billionby2050–willrequireawiderangeofcreative,sustainableagriculturalsystem
7、swhichnotonlyprovidefood,butalsofactorintheeconomicvalueofnature-basedservicessuchasforests,wetlandsandsoilorganismsthatunderpinagriculture.Simplyapplyingthe³industrial´agriculturalmodelsofthetwentiethcenturyintothetwenty-¿rstasasingle,globalsolutionwillnotserveuswell.TheUnitedN
8、ationsConferenceonTradeandDevelopment(UNCTAD)an