The global food insecurity situation has worsened and continues to represent a serious threat for humanity. According to UN statistics, more than 1 million people go hungry every day and a child dies of hunger every 5 seconds..

World leaders gathered at the 2009 World Summit on Food Security in Rome pledged a renewed commitment to eradicate hunger from the face of the earth sustainably and at the earliest date. Countries also agreed to work to reverse the decline in domestic and international funding for agriculture, to improve governance of global food issues in partnership with relevant stakeholders from the public and private sector, and to proactively face the challenges of climate change to food security.

According to projections of the largest global food organisations - FAO, IFAD and WFP - world population will rise from 6.8 billion to 9.1 billion by 2050, resulting in a third more mouths to feed. Most of this population growth will occur in developing countries. High food prices in developing countries, a global economic crisis affecting jobs, deepening poverty, and more hungry people combine to paint a very bleak picture.