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Wed 09 Sep 2008Irish experts to help tackle world hunger
IRELAND CAN play an important role in tackling the issue of food insecurity by helping develop crops which can survive in some of the world’s poorest regions, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin declared yesterday.
Mr Martin said hunger was a harsh reality for 850 million people, while a further 100 million were at risk of hunger each day because of rocketing food prices.
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