16 février 2015, Rome--- Le Directeur général de la FAO, José Graziano da Silva, s’est entretenu aujourd’hui avec le Colonel Ouro Koura Agadazi, Ministre togolais de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de la pêche.

M. Graziano da Silva a exprimé sa satisfaction pour l’excellente collaboration qui existe entre le Togo et la FAO et a reconnu l’engagement et les efforts continus du gouvernement togolais pour éradiquer la faim et réduire l’insécurité

16 février 2015, Rome - Le Directeur général de la FAO, José Graziano da Silva, s’est entretenu avec M. Bokary Tréta, Ministre du développement rural de la République du Mali.

Le Directeur général et M. Tréta ont évoqué le développement des agropoles qui constituent le cœur du développement rural et périurbain au Mali. Cette initiative consiste à accélérer la modernisation et la transformation structurelle du secteur agricole à travers la promotion d’un

16 February 2015, Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met with Roland Ravatomanga, Minister of Agriculture of Madagascar, for talks that focused on progress made to combat the locust plagues which afflict the country.

Graziano da Silva thanked the Minister for his continued support of the Three-year Locust Response Programme taking place in Madagascar.

Since the programme was launched in 2013, significant resources have been mobilized to tackle

5 February 2015, Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met with representatives from the World Farmers Organization, a group of agricultural producers that aims to strengthen farmers' positions within value chains, with a particular focus on smallholder farmers.

The Director-General congratulated the WFO for increasing its membership and regional coverage.

He also praised WFO’s active engagement in the 2014 International Year of Family Farming, and welcomed its support

7 February 2015, Milan - With its theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" the 2015 World Expo offers a chance to mobilize public opinion around the pressing need to make the eradication of hunger and malnutrition central pillars of the global development agenda, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told world leaders gathered here today.

Speaking at a high-level event organized by the Italian government