G8 Summit Irony: Discussing Global Food Crisis with 18 Course Banquet

British Prime Minister suggested his country mates that stopping wastage of food would be one of the better ways to combat current global food crisis. Mr. Brown made these comments after going through a Government report which concluded that 4.1 million tonnes of food was being wasted by householders. He suggested that Britons can save up to £8 a week if they embrace prudence and thrift in kitchens. Its necessary to reduce “unnecessary demand” for food, he further added. But just after two days of his urging he sat down with leaders (and of course their wives) of leading industrialized nations to an 18-course gastronomic extravaganza at a G8 summit in Japan.

But the extravagance of the menus drew disapproval from many critics who thought it hypocritical to produce such a lavish meal when world food supplies are under threat. Dominic Nutt (Save the Children charity) did not like the idea. “It is deeply hypocritical that they should be lavishing course after course on world leaders when there is a food crisis and millions cannot afford a decent meal,” he said.

In 2005, at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, world leaders promised to increase global aid by £25billion a year by 2010 and raise aid to Africa, the world's poorest continent, by £12.5billion. But the bloc of rich nations is only 14 per cent of the way towards hitting its target.

And the world’s poor have no other option but to look for these leaders to stand by their pledges of three years ago at Gleneagles.

Source:dailymail news