Stresses that it is important for developing countries to create a basis for more rapid industrialization and diversification of their economic structure with a view to increasing their food and agricultural production; also stresses the importance of science and technology in the development of agriculture, in the increase of food production and in the modernization of agriculture, and calls upon the international community to support scientific and technological training and research in developing countries ; further stresses the need to improve global economic conditions in order to establish food security in developing countries at the national, subregional, regional and global levels; urges the international community to give full support to action to eradicate the screw-worm fly, particularly in Africa; calls upon the international community to implement the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s, and to support the efforts of those countries in the areas of food production and rural development, food security, development management of fishery and forestry resources, environmental protection and sustainable development; calls upon the developing countries, in addressing food problems, to promote international cooperation within the context of their primary responsibility for promoting technical cooperation among themselves in food and agriculture; decides to change the title of the sub-item "Food problems" to "Food and agricultural development" in the agenda of future sessions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council;.

Adopted without vote, 71st meeting

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Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 141-144. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).