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Pre-Summit Press Conference by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf

Rising global hunger figures mask the fact that several countries have registered a significant decline in the number of undernourished people since the early nineties. FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf in a press conference presents a new report, entitled Pathways to Success, and launches an online anti-hunger petition.

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Date: 12/11/2009
Start: 11:00 AM (UTC/GMT +1)

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  World Summit on Food Security
World Food Day, 16 October 2009
in Italian

With an estimated increase of 105 million hungry people in 2009, there are now 1.02 billion malnourished people in the world, meaning that almost one sixth of all humanity is suffering from hunger.
How to Feed the World in 2050
in English

Panel 7: Towards eliminating hunger and Closing Address by Jacques Diouf, Director General, FAO

Global agricultural production must grow by 70 percent by 2050 in order to feed an additional 2.3 billion people.
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Panel 6: Special Session on Africa
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Panel 5: The policy challenge: Support, trade, aid and investment policies
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