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In today’s world, 925 million people go hungry every day. 75% of the world’s poor depend on agriculture for their survival. Investing in agriculture and small-scale farmers is a way out of poverty for many of the world’s poorest countries, including Uganda.

The UN has a plan to tackle this.

Ask your local politician to ensure that small - scale farmers like the parents of Daniel, the boy on the Trócaire box, are at the heart of the UN’s plan.

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Dear TD,

As one of your constituents, I want to bring your attention to the fact that with 925 million people going hungry in our world today, it is clear that the global system for producing food is not working.

Like 75% of the world’s poor, small-scale farmers in Uganda, the focus of Trócaire’s Lenten Campaign this year, depend on their land to feed their family and give them a chance of a brighter future.

Ireland can and should help these struggling farmers if we want to reduce the figure of 925 million.

We live in an interdependent world.  We have come to know the importance of solidarity and community.  Trócaire is supporting communities to overcome the trauma of civil war and to restart their lives.  But if small-scale farmers, who are the backbone of these communities, are not supported, the progress made will be lost.

When the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney TD, makes his submission to the United Nations global plan to ensure the world and its growing population will have enough food to eat, will you ask him to prioritise small-scale farmers in developing countries?

On my behalf will you ask Minister Coveney to:

1.	Prioritise small-scale farmers, especially women, in developing countries, in his department’s submission to the UN Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition process in April 2012.

2.	Attend the meeting of the UN Committee on World Food Security in October 2012 in Rome, where the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition will be approved, demonstrating that Ireland is a leader in protecting small-scale farmers.

You can demand a future of hope for farmers in Uganda and other poor countries.

Yours sincerely,

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