Expert opinion

	03.12.06 Victoria Panova G8 research group, University of Toronto, Director for Russia
	03.12.06 Mona Bricke German NGO Forum Environment and Development
	03.12.06 Nigel Martin Montreal International Rorum (FIM)
	02.12.06 John Kirton Head of G8 Research Group, University of Toronto
	02.12.06 Regina Gunter Head of the WWF Germany

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The British Charity Organization Oxfam declares the food help by Western states solves short-term problems, but undermines the continent’s agriculture.

The Oxfam report on Africa says the Western states should think about the prevention of food crisis not only provide help to the starving people.
But the permanent food deliveries coming to Africa from the developed states leads to the situation when African farmers can not develop their own production. As a result Africa faces new and new food crisis.
“It is more favorable if the world community invests in liquidating primary reasons of hunger than continues its out-of-date and insufficient food assistance”, - says the British director of Oxfam Barbara Stocking.
To prevent food crisis in Africa the Oxfam International recommends to buy food from the developing countries. The Oxfam experts say it takes sometimes about 5 months to deliver expensive food from Western states.
Oxfam proposes to implement the program of the development of African agriculture, which production volume within the period from 1992 to 2002 has diminished to 43%.

Expert opinion

	02.12.06 Halter Marek Le College de France
	02.12.06 Olivier Giscard d’Estaing COPAM, France
	02.12.06 Mika Ohbayashi Institute for Sustainable Energy Poliсy
	02.12.06 Bill Pace World Federalist Movement - Institute for Global Policy
	01.12.06 Peter I. Hajnal Toronto University, G8 Research Group