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The conference also adopted the Interlaken Declaration on Animal Genetic Resources, which affirms countries’ commitment to the implementation of the Global Plan of Action and to ensuring that the world’s livestock biodiversity is utilized to promote global food security and remains available to future generations. There is strong commitment from the government of Ethiopia to develop the livestock sector through mechanisms that ensure conservation of the genetic resources and sustainable use | UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION REPORT 2010 Enhancing food security in Africa through science technology and innovation UNITED NATIONS New York and Geneva 2010 TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION REPORT 2010 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Material in this publication may be freely quoted or reprinted but full acknowledgement is requested together with a reference to the document number. A copy of the publication containing the quotation or reprint should be sent to the UNCTAD secretariat at Palais des Nations CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland. The full text of this report is available on the Internet at . UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION UNCTAD TIR 2009 ISSN 2076-2917 Copyright United Nations 2010 All rights reserved PREFACE iii PREFACE The increasing prevalence of malnutrition - there are now an unprecedented one billion hungry people in our world - provides dramatic evidence of the severely strained capacity of many developing countries to meet the minimum nutritional requirements of their people. Current estimates predict that the Earth will need to feed an additional two to three billion people over the next 40 to 50 years. This will exert enormous pressure on the productive capacity of agricultural systems across the world and will have important consequences for farmers and consumers everywhere. Tackling this challenge requires a radical rethinking of how food is produced distributed and consumed globally. Any changes in the world s food production and .