for agricultural water and energy challenges of dry land countries in particular we have next mr jimmy doom he's the executive secretary of the permanent interstates committee for drought control in the sahara and the organization's mandate is to invest in research for food security and the fight against the effects of drought and deserts if occasion for a new ecological balance in the sahara region. we have a minister of public company now welcome to you as well he's ecuador's minister of foreign trade and investments and mr me again moratinos he's the future u.n. high representative for the alliance of civilizations that is a political initiative established to explore the roots of polarization between societies and cultures today welcome to you all lots to talk about let's get started right away ambassador but that and the fair before we get into the correlation between water sustainability and food security or insecurity that is give us some context how would you describe the state of food security today globally today there are eight hundred and twenty million people out of support fro