RECLAIM OUR WATER RIGHTS, RECLAIM OUR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY
The dramatic rise of global food prices in the first
half of 2008 to as high as 75% to 85% from their 2006 levels, severely affected not
only the more than 800 million alreadyhungry and impoverished people in the world but also sent 50 million
more into poverty. The devastating social impact of the crisis also underscores
the vulnerability of poorer countries to food price and supply volatilities - a
phenomenon that has been recurring within the present context of globalization
and increased economic integration among countries.
Reclaiming
our water rights, reclaiming our food sovereignty
Asia Pacific Network for Food
Sovereignty (APNFS) joined hundreds of activists who gathered in Bali,
Indonesia on May 2-5 during the Annual General Meeting of the Asian
Development Bank and raised voices against the Bank’s role in the
food crisis that hit many poor countries last year and in depriving
poor people their access to water and other essential services.
