Food summit dilutes hunger and aid targets
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Monday, November 16, 2009; 6:52 AM
ROME (Reuters) - World leaders and government officials at a U.N. food summit agreed on Monday to boost agricultural aid to poor nations, but set no target nor a timeframe for action.
A final declaration adopted on the first day of the Rome summit made no mention of a proposal to raise farm aid to $44 billion a year, as the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is requesting.
