Food Security

a perspective from the

Dunsany Declaration

for Rural Co-operative

Development

Peter Couchman, Plunkett Foundation

Sir Horace Plunkett

Exmples of rural co-operation

Co-operative impact

Dunsany Castle

The Dunsany Group

The signing

The Dunsany Declaration

Two choices

Resource scarcity

Growing population

Food security

In an urbanised world…

…over 3 billion people

live in rural areas

Legislation

Democratised economy

Educate & advocate

Inspire future generations

Demonstrate impact

Community roots

Build understanding

Finance the future

Access to technology

Knowledge transfer

Develop our voiceBlueprint

Our opportunity

Food security

is linked to

agricultural co-operation

Agricultural co-operation

is linked to

rural development

The success of

rural co-operation

is linked to

the success of

our movement

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