Q:

What prompted leaders throughout the world to take action to boost the agriculture sector in 2008?

• 1
  Coercive tactics by the US which restricted food aid to poor nations
• 2
  The realisation of the link between food security and political stability
• 3
  Awareness that performance in agriculture is necessary in order to achieve the targeted GDP
• 4
  Reports that high-growth countries like China and India were boosting their agriculture sectors to capture the international markets
• 5
  Their desire to influence developing nations to slow down their industrial development