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-Final declaration of the Youth Caucus-

Introduction

Food Sovereignty is a legitimate cause involving sustainable improvement of social, economic and nutritional wellbeing of all individuals on earth by increasing access to quality food, production resources and making favourable food policies for all producers in the world. Young women and men from several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) around the world gathered in Rome on November 14th - 17th 2009 during the CSO Forum held in parallel to the World Food Summit on Food Security 2009, to create our future by declaring our demand for food sovereignty and inclusive decision-making at all levels worldwide. This included discussions on the four central themes of the Forum: “Who decides about food policies?”; “Who controls food producing resources?”; “How is food produced?”; and “Who has/needs access to food?”.