Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Tawakkol Karman said poverty and food shortages can only be overcome when wars are ended,

peace is brought to those countries suffering from the scourge of armed conflicts and anti-corruption policies are clearly supported in Third World countries.

In a speech at conference on food security and peace in Colombia on Thursday, Mrs. Karman pointed out that fighters but not farmers are needed in wars and conflicts, indicating that warlords don’t care about how to feed people. 

“It is necessary to make vigorous efforts to achieve peace by involving people in development plans, renouncing war, and engaging in agricultural and economic projects,” she continued, adding that this is the best way to change the reality of many communities suffering from internal conflicts and troubles.

She believed there is a close link between food and politics, between war and climate and between development and corruption, emphasizing that the more societies move towards stability, development and transparent and fair policies are, the more corruption, poverty and hunger are prevented. 

She called for the need to take decisive positions against corrupt and despotic regimes and military coups. 

Finally, she stressed that no real achievement can be achieved in terms of development and combating poverty under regimes and groups using weapons to make their own gains.