Crucial to search for new solutions and technologies for ensuring food security - Nazarbayev
13:56, 1 July 2010
ASTANA. July 1. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ The issues of food security require new solutions and technologies, which we should start looking for as soon as possible. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said at the III Astana Economic Forum on Thursday.
Despite the aggravation of the situation in the financial markets experts' warning about possible food crisis were not taken seriously in the developed countries.
"However, in the developing countries the poor suffer from the consequences of a sharp jump in food prices. Experts predict increase in world population from 9 to 12 billion people with the highest growth in developing countries in 2050. Thus the issue of food and water provision will require new solutions and technologies", N. Nazarbayev said.