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agriculture production by selecting alternative crops, improving irrigation, reviving planting schedules, producing higher crop yields per acre, and modifying chemical inputs. Although difficult to address by developing countries, the situation is being administered by undertaking National Adaptation Programs of Actions as directed by the UN Framework Convention on Climate change.

Project Concern International is providing food through the World Food Programme's school feeding programs; it supports planting of school and community gardens, improving agricultural production, provisioning small livestock, and improving livelihoods for vulnerable families in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Lastly, the effect that genetically engineered food has on our health is unknown. Will its consumption continue blindly into the future at our children's expense? Will placing our hope in an "unknown" have devastating consequences for our planet?

We must gain control of our own destiny and not leave it in the hands of multi-corporations. By introducing sustainable and adaptable farming methods we will provide a future for the world's population.

Averting the Global Food Crisis lies not in feeding the world's population, but in allowing the population to feed itself.

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