Meeting top eight developed countries G-8

Meeting top eight developed countries that joined the agreement in the G8 significant.

Dimotori U.S. President Barrack Hussein Obama, G8 agrees fund USD 20 billion (approximately Rp 200 trillion) in stages over three years for food aid, especially for Africa. Dikucurkan of funds owing to the struggle that Obama was requested assistance from the USD 15 billion (approximately Rp 150 trillion).

''There is no reason for Africa can not be independent if the deal with the food,''Obama said after the G8 summit meeting in L'aquila, Italy, as quoted Reuters yesterday (10 / 7). ''We believe that the funding is aimed at creating conditions to become independent, complete needs, and provide a standard of life,''Obama supplement.

Additional USD 5 billion are considered worthy to overcome hunger, especially in Africa. U.S. accounted for USD 3.5 billion. All funds are used to help African farmers to improve agriculture. U.S. corn producers''and send it to people who hunger. However, this new concept is to produce maize in Africa and not in the U.S.,''supplement Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade.

According to the Cana Nwanze, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), support the changes as a basis for thinking of a world community. ''Its fish and he will eat in a day. Ajari fishing and he will eat for a lifetime,''Nwanze firm. Based on UN data, the number of people with malnutrition increased in the last two years to be 1.02 billion this year. Global recession can also aggravate the situation.

World Food Program welcomed with open hands is a donation. ''We know the best way to overcome poverty. With the agricultural sector,''said Oliver Buston, director of the Group's European Anti-Poverty ONE. At least 500 million small-scale farmers in the world can produce food for 80 percent of the population in the world. Therefore, agriculture is considered very important.

Africa alone actual need additional USD 25 billion of funds during the next three years. Up to now, G-8 meets only 3 percent of the total annual assistance USD 50 billion that proclaimed in 2005-2010.

Agreement in a meeting held in a city that had experienced 6 Richter scale earthquake that is expanding the G-8 members. ''I think we are in the transition period. We try to find the right form,''said Obama. Opinion was greeted French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He agrees to become a G-8 or G-14 G-20. However, Japanese PM Taro Aso against it. He considered members of the G-8 has not been enlarged because time still plays an important role in decision making.