Position Paper: Rural Development

This position paper confirms previous experience and describes new paths. At its core, it deals with the development of site-specific agriculture and adequate development of rural areas. The dual challenge is to make direct access to adequate food and essential social services available to the poorest and to ensure sustainable food security for a growing population.

This is linked to a range of topics from access to land and water to gender equality and climate protection. Controversial topics are also addressed, including organic versus conventional agriculture, genetic engineering for agriculture, the competition between food crops and biofuels, the state‘s obligation to implement the human right to food and the rural population’s participation in the political process.