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CONTRIBUTION RECOGNIZED
Judy and John Van Beers are the recipients of the 1987 Huron County Federation of
Agriculture Award for their contributions to agriculture. John, who has served on the
property and land use, public relations, and membership committees, also chaired the
crop insurance committee and is on the program committee. He has filled the position
of regional director for Huron East Central and the first and second vice-presidencies
of the Huron federation. The Van Beers are involved in the Catholic Rural Life group
and were responsible for two Vietnamese children who are now on their own.
WFC DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUNGER
Gerald Trant has been executive dir-
ector of the World Food Council (WFC)
since 1986, and is a former senior assis-
tant deputy minister from Agriculture
Canada. The WFC is a 36 -member body
of the United Nations which seeks po-
litical solutions to the problemof hunger
in the world. Dr. Trans was recently
interviewed in Ottawa.
INTERVIEWER: The problem of hun-
ger in the world has been called an
"obscene paradox," when half to three-
quarters of a billion people are under-
nourished while food production has
grown to record levels. What are your
thoughts?
DR. TRANT: It is an obscene and tragic
paradox. Since the beginning of this
decade, the number of hungry people in
the world has taken a quantum leap.
Meanwhile, food production has in-
creased mainly where demand has not,
in the developed countries. Now we
have a situation where production is
increasing in the industrialized coun-
tries under the stimulus of agricultural
policies, and markets are either flooded
or depressed. Because of this, the
people that really need the food don't
have access to it.
INTERVIEWER: Why not use the
surplus of food in the world to feed the
starving?
DR. TRANT: Some countries, particu-
larly in Africa, would benefit quickly,
and the council is looking at the feasibil-
ity of doing this. But if you bring in
products to a developing country with a
fragile economy and that results in
lowering the price their own producers
receive, then they stop producing, and
local agriculture goes down the tubes.
Nobody benefits. People must have the
right to food, and by this I mean the
ability to purchase. It's nota question of
not enough food, it's a question of not
enough income.
INTERVIEWER: Is the present state of
worldwide agriculture trade making the
situation worse?
DR. TRANT: Of course. Support pro-
(cont'd)