"To do this went on mgr. Migliore in his speech in New York at the meeting of the High level standard of Ecosoc , the agricultural reforms in the developing countries must be sped up to provide small farmers with ways to increase their crops in a sustainable manner, as well as access to the local and global markets". With reference to the "short-sighted economic, agricultural and energy policies" which "have caused a clash between the rising demand for food and its inadequate production" and because of the increase in "financial speculations on raw materials, the uncontrolled rise in oil prices and the adverse climatic conditions", according to the representative of the Holy See, "agricultural and environmental policies must be reasonable and realistic to reconcile the need to produce food with the need to be good administrators of the land". "My delegation he said welcomes the recommendations of the recent FAO Conference on world food security held in Rome". Hence his final wish, that "the current crisis may be an opportunity for the international community to join forces and face it together, taking responsibility for their neighbours".
