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THE speech which Sir John Boyd Orr delivered in the debate in the House of Commons on the world food shortage on April 4 is important in that it sets the problem in its true perspective and indicates the contribution to be expected from the Food and Agricultural Organisation. Sir John was concerned neither to attack nor defend the Government ; indeed, he is of opinion that any Government in power and any Food Minister would have been faced with the same difficulties and with much of the same criticism. The over-riding fact is the world food shortage and the inequitable distribution of available food ; and the temporary crisis, with which the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the Combined Food Board are dealing, and the long-term planning necessary to relieve the world for ever from hunger and malnutrition are clearly related.
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INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION. Nature 157, 673–676 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157673a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/157673a0