Minister of Agriculture and Lands Elías Jaua said that the Venezuelan delegation at the alimentary summit held on Wednesday in Nicaragua would insist on the need to frame a regional plan on food production to fight the global crisis.

Jaua, the head of the Venezuelan delegation along with Minister of Foreign Affairs Nicolás Maduro, explained that the plan should be based on four fundamental cornerstones. The former three are provisioning of fertilizers, production of seeds and mechanization of crops.

The fourth cornerstone, the minister added, is the use of agricultural products to feed humans instead of manufacturing bio-fuels. "This is a clear policy of our government and we came to express it," he told reporters.