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- L’Aquila Food Security Initiative | Food Security Initiative | L’Aquila Joint Statement on Global Food Security | AFSI | G8 Food Security Initiative
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- Definition coordinated, comprehensive strategy focused on sustainable agriculture development adopted in L'Aquila (Italy) on 10 July 2009 during the G8 summit, aimed at substantially increasing aid to agriculture and food security including through multiyear resource commitments Reference COM-EN, based on:- “L’Aquila” Joint Statement on Global Food Security - L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (AFSI), http://www.g8italia2009.it/static/G8_Allegato/LAquila_Joint_Statement_on_Global_Food_Security%5B1%5D,0.pdf (12.11.2009)- EUROPA > Press Room > Press Releases > MEMO/09/332 (10/07/2009) - G8 - President Barroso on the results of the L’Aquila summit, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/332&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en (12.11.2009)
- Comment Endorsed by the G8 and by Algeria, Angola, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Libya (Presidency of the African Union), Mexico, The Netherlands, Nigeria, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, Commission of the African Union, FAO, IEA, IFAD, ILO, IMF, OECD, The Secretary General’s UN High Level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis, WFP, The World Bank, WTO who attended the food security session at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila on 10 July 2009 and by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Bioversity/Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Global Donor Platform for Rural Development , Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR).Countries represented at L'Aquila made commitments towards a goal of mobilizing $20 billion over three years, including around 3 billion euro from the EU.