Thank you very much. That was by nice. We have ten more minutes. So, if anybody wants to comment... Now, Madam.
HON. NAFSIAN MBOI (INDONESIA):
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and for all three speakers who have given us a very clear and interesting presentation.
What I would like to comment on Professor Kuroda's presentation is, or, maybe, we should make clear that shortage of food in our countries usually mean shortage of rice, which is wrong. Because I have lived for a long time, more than ten years, for instance, in Timor, where it's a very dry area, and corn was the staple food. But because our policy has always been rice cultivation, and it is impossible because rice cultivation is very ex-pensive in many areas, like in Timor, even impossible, because of the very low rainfall and so, there is no water for irrigation.
So maybe, we should make clear that shortage of food is not equal to shortage of rice, or the other way around. Shortage of rice is not equal to shortage of food. So, maybe, I would like to have your comment, instead of only -- that we should not only stress in rice production, but also diversification of staple food, like corn, cassava, sorghum, yam, et cetera.
And secondly, where agriculture is impossible, to really stress on cash crops and increase the buying capacity of the people, plus improve the distribution policy, so that people there can still buy food if they cannot produce.
The second is, Dr. Chadha, I was very much impressed with the comprehensive, and very positive, agricultural policy. I wonder where is the human resource development in this whole policy. I missed it. Because we know that these policies are good, but the same, too, have forgotten the people. Especially the human resource development which, as we know in our countries, are... really need different training, a different way of thinking. And even, different or new values and... values and habits, this counts for both men and women.
I hope you can give us more information on that.
Thank you.
HON. GHASSAN TAYARA (SYRIA):
Thank you very much. First of all, I understand the question that what our Forum should act for the coming years about food security. From this point of view, I think, we should raise some questions.
