FAO Food & Agriculture Organization [to 6 June 2015]
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José Graziano da Silva re-elected FAO Director-General
Incumbent FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva was today re-elected to a second term in the Organization’s top post with the highest number of votes ever in the history of the Organization.
6-06-2015

World leaders urge FAO to pursue rights, equality and social protection
FAO’s 39th Conference opened today, with representatives from 194 countries including more than 130 ministers gathered to discuss the Organization’s future workplan, set a new two-year budget, and elect the next FAO Director-General.
6-06-2015

FAO leader calls for change in the way we produce food
“We need to change the way we produce food,” FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva said today in a World Environment Day speech advocating “creating positive connections” between food, agriculture and the environment.” He called for a “new and holistic way of thinking and acting.”
5-06-2015

Near East and North Africa region falls short of halving hunger by 2015
Most countries in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) achieved their international pledge to reduce the share of their population suffering from hunger, but conflicts and protracted crises in Iraq, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, as well as the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, have made it the only region to have seen its overall prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) increase from the levels of a quarter of a century ago.
3-06-2015

IKEA of Sweden and FAO to work together on sustainable forest management
FAO and IKEA of Sweden today agreed to begin working together on a forestry certification initiative aimed at promoting the sustainable management of forest plantations and empowering forest-reliant communities in Viet Nam.
3-06-2015

Africa shows progress in halving proportion of population suffering undernourishment, overall numbers of the hungry
Angola, Djibouti, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Mali and Sao Tome and Principe have met both the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of the population suffering from undernourishment and the more stringent World Food Summit target of halving the absolute numbers of the hungry.
2-06-2015