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"Enormous opportunity" for ending hunger in Africa

22 April 2013, Rome - Ministers and senior delegates from five African Nations met today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva ahead of a High-Level meeting of African and...

22 April 2013
Madagascar needs more than $41 million to end locust plague

Rome, 26 March 2013 - Madagascar needs more than $22 million of emergency funding by June to start fighting a severe locust plague that threatens the country's next cropping seasons...

26 March 2013
Lula da Silva, Kufuor: Political Commitment crucial to end hunger and food insecurity in Africa

19 March 2013, Accra - Former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and John Kufuor of Ghana have called for strong political will to bring an end to...

19 March 2013
New metric to be launched on hunger and food insecurity

13 March 2013, Rome - A new, faster and more precise way of measuring hunger and food insecurity across the world is soon to be field-tested by FAO in several...

13 March 2013
FAO’s support in transforming the agriculture sector in Uganda

8 March 2013, Kampala/Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met with Ugandan Vice-President Edward Sekandi to discuss ways to ensure food security for all Ugandans and reduce poverty...

08 March 2013