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“No more regions under famine in Somalia” |
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Nairobi, 3 February 2012 -- About 80 percent of people in the Horn of Africa rely on agriculture and livestock as their primary source of food and income. It is therefore vital to help farmers and herders to help themselves.
Empowerment builds resilience, which will better enable them to withstand inevitable droughts and
climate-related disasters in the future.
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“It’s possible to have a Horn of Africa free of hunger”, FAO’s new Director-General José Graziano da Silva told a press conference in Nairobi after visiting southern Somalia (3 Febr.12):
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Horn of Africa: “Continued, coordinated, long-term actions” |
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Nairobi/Rome, 3 February 2012 -- On a trip to Africa, this week, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva took stock of what needs to be done for the Horn of Africa. (©FAO/SIMON MAINA)
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In Dollow, Somalia, near the border with Ethiopia, where he traveled on 2 February 12, FAO Head, Graziano da Silva, emphasized that FAO will step up its current efforts in the Horn of Africa and highlighted that agriculture is a key factor in establishing peace and stability in the region:
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Somalia: a war-torn country on and off since 1991. A rare combination of conflict and insecurity, limited access for humanitarian organizations, successive harvest failures and a lack of food assistance.
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In Somalia, where FAO has supported two million farmers and pastoralists with cash transfers, improved seeds, fertilizers, access to water and veterinary care (©FAO/SIMON MAINA).
How is the current situation like?
FAO Representative to Somalia, Luca Alinovi, tells us more:
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Strengthening of fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo (Ethiopia) |
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27 January, 2012/FAO -- The FAO/NEPAD's Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) underlines, among others, that small farmers can play a major role in both increasing food availability close to where it is most in need and raising rural incomes. The Government of Ethiopia is promoting crop diversification and supporting the cultivation of horticulture crops.
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Fruit trees are currently getting special attention by the farmers, as income-generating commodities. Since 2007, FAO has assisted a local project aimed at 'strengthening fruit and cactus pear production in Tigray and North Wollo', Ethiopia.
The project is strongly supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) as well as the Regional Bureaus of Agriculture which are directly involved in the exercise. Recently, we met FAO project leader, Giuseppe De Bac; he told us about the story:
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FAO to strengthen ties with strong cooperatives and producer organizations |
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Porto Alegre/Rome, 24 January 2012 -- In Porto Alegre, Brazil, where he attends this year's World Social Forum (Brazil's CDES), FAO Director-General Graziano da Silva promotes the International Year of Cooperatives.
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FAO Focal point for the International Year of Cooperatives, Nora Ourabah Haddad is an expert in Rural Institutions, in Rome. In the following interview, she defines cooperatives as a modern and membership-driven way of doing business.
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Graziano’s inaugural press conference:
“No time to lose"
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FAO would begin by scaling up its support to a number of low-income, food deficit countries, especially those facing prolonged crises,
Hunger eradication is the first of five strategic priorities he intended to pursue at FAO, Graziano da Silva said (Photo©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti). The others were: move towards more sustainable systems of food production and consumption; achieve greater fairness in the global management of food; complete FAO's reform and decentralization; and expand South-South cooperation and other partnerships.
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New Director-General of FAO,had his first press conference, 3 January, in Rome. The following is his statement before the press:
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José Graziano da Silva, 8th Director-general of FAO, on his first week in office, met the press and responded to their questions:
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The International Year of Forests comes to a close |
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December 2011, Rome - Efforts on promoting sustainable forest management and the importance of involving forest communities in development initiatives will continue, says FAO. The Amazon, Borneo-Mekong and the Congo Basins, three major forest areas of the world, alone account for 80% of the green lung of the planet.
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As the international community concludes a fruitful and rich year dedicated to forests, we invite you to listen to the African perspective and FAO's voice in Kinshasa, Brazzaville and Accra. 1. Ms. Ada Ndeso Atanga, Forestry Officer in the FAO Regional Office in Accra, Ghana. She produces 'Nature and Faune' in which she has integrated 'Forestry'.
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Ms. Ada Ndeso Atanga, Forestry Officer in the FAO Regional Office in Accra, Ghana.
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The Amazon, Borneo-Mekong and the Congo Basins, three major forest areas of the world, alone account for 80% of the green lung of the planet.
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As the international community concludes a fruitful and rich year dedicated to forests, we invite you to listen to the African perspective and FAO's voice in Brazzaville. M. Dieudonné Koguiyagda (Photo), Représentant de la FAO en République du Congo (Brazzaville):
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Efforts on promoting sustainable forest management and the importance of involving forest communities in development initiatives will continue, says FAO.
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As the international community concludes a fruitful and rich year dedicated to forests, we invite you to listen to the African perspective and FAO's voice in Kinshasa. M. Ndiaga Gueye (Photo), Représentant de la FAO en RDC (Kinshasa):
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Mountain Forests: roots to our future
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As a direct contribution to the International Year of Forests 2011, the International Mountain Day 2011 theme focuses on Mountains and Forests. It aims to raise awareness on the relevance of mountain forests and the role they play within a Green Economy as well as in climate change adaptation measures.
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A new FAO publication “Mountain Forests in a Changing World” sends out clear messages. We have more with Thomas Hofer, expert in Watershed management and mountain development:
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Global South-South Development Expo 2011 – Leadership Round Table on Food Security |
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The Global South-South Development Expo is the first expo dedicated solely to showcasing and sharing successful examples of Southern-led solutions to global development challenges. The annual event is organized by the UN’s Special Unit for South-South Cooperation. The 2011 edition puts the spotlight on the food insecurity crisis in the South, where more than 925 million still go hungry every day. (©FAO/ALESSANDRA BENEDETTI)
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Showcasing and sharing successful examples of Southern-led solutions to global development challenges was high on the agenda of the 2011 edition of Global South-South Development Expo, an annual event organized by the United Nations.
1. Here, on the Hybrid rice experience with Prof. Fuming Liao, Assistant Director-General, China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Centre (English)
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2. Esther Penunia, the Secretary General of the Asian Farmers Association joined the expo debate (English)
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3. Ocho anõs de camino del hambre zero con el S.or Onaur Ruano: Executive Secretary, Inter-ministerial Chamber for Food and Nutrition Security, Brazil (Spanish)
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Food security and agricultural development |
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Rome - From 5 to 9 December 2011, FAO is hosting the Global South-South Development Expo of the United Nations (GSSD Expo). The Expo is an annual multilateral event from the South and for the South organized every year by UNDP’s Special Unit for South-South Cooperation.
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For Chad, cooperation and partnerships are essential for a successful implementation of the Millennium Development Goals. The country is determined to take action and improve Rural Development; it has called upon all partners to contribute and take part in a Rural Development Forum, scheduled by the end of January 2012, in Ndjamena. The following is an interview with Dr. Djimé Adoum, Minister of agriculture and irrigation of Chad:
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South-South Development Expo opens in Rome |
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The 2011 edition of the Expo – which is organized annually by the UN’s Special Unit for South-South Cooperation – puts the spotlight on the global food insecurity situation, which sees more than 925 million go hungry every day.
The following Expo events were recorded and are free to use:
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The High-level Opening Ceremony featured messages and statements from the President of the sixty-sixth session of the UN General Assembly; the President of the UN General Assembly High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation; the Chairman of the Group of 77 and representatives of the Rome based-Food Agencies.FAO-hosted event showcases successful examples of Southern-led solutions to global development challenges
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| 2. News conference |
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5 December 2011, Rome – Starting today, FAO is playing host to the Global South-South Development Expo, dedicated to showcasing and sharing successful examples of Southern-led solutions to global development challenges.
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Opening Ceremony of the Global South-South Development Expo 2011 |
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The Great Green Wall initiative
05 December 2011, Rome -- According to Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, President of the General Assembly, who opened the event at FAO Headquarters in Rome, “many Southern countries have lifted millions of people out of conditions of extreme poverty and hunger. These countries have at their disposal much knowledge and technical know-how. These can be put to further good use through enhanced South-South exchanges of information, experience and technology, with a view to raising agricultural productivity and to improving food distribution to the benefit of more populations.
One example is the African Union’s “Great Green Wall Initiative”, confirmed Mr. Al-Nasser.
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Foday Bojang is Senior Forestry expert, at FAO in Accra. He confirmed that The Great Green Wall initiative (AU/FAO/EU) aims to address the impacts of aridity, low land productivity, desertification and climate change as well as to secure sustainable livelihoods in the Sahara and Sahel drylands.
He has more:
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Land and Water scarcity - Agricultural systems at risk
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Monday 28 November FAO - The State of the World's Land and Water Resources (SOLAW) report highlights that the collective impact of these pressures and resulting agricultural transformations have put some production systems at risk of breakdown of their environmental integrity and productive capacity.
“Worldwide, the poorest have the least access to land and water and are locked in a poverty trap of small farms with poor quality soils and high vulnerability to land degradation and climatic uncertainty,” the report notes.
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The following is a Press Conference at FAO to mark the launch of the first-ever edition of FAO's new flagship report "The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources (SOLAW)".
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2. Alexander Müeller, FAO Assistant-Director General for Natural Resources (The State of the World’s Land and Water Resources)
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3. Press Conference (28 Nov.11): The State of the World's Land and Water Resources (SOLAW) -
Answers by Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General; Alexander Müeller, FAO Assistant-Director General for Natural Resources and Parviz Koohafkan, Director of FAO’s Land and Water Division.
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Brown Streak threatens cassava in East Africa |
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To-date, there are eight varieties under development which are resistant to both Cassava Mosaic Disease and tolerant to CBSD but much more needs to be done in terms of surveillance, research and good practices.
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Cassava Brown Streak Disease threatens food security in Great Lakes region of Africa. The following is a radio interview with FAO agronomist Jan Helsen:
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Cassava is a major staple food in DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Jan Helsen, FAO agronomist, has visited those countries and has this to tell on regional cassava projects for vulnerable farmers
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World Aquaculture 2010: 50 per cent of world food fish consumption comes from aquaculture |
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According to the World Aquaculture 2010 Report, by 2012 more than 50 percent of the world’s food fish consumption will come from aquaculture.
Aquaculture provides nearly half of all fish consumed globally.
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According to FAO Senior expert in aquaculture, Rohana Subasinghe, there is strong potential for the development of small-scale production in aquaculture.
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Worrying situation in Bangkok: a city and fields flooded
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31 October 2011 -- The situation in Bangkok is giving cause for concern, due to unusual heavy rains. The human consequences are worrysome together with the agricultural situation.
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Localized flooding due to typhoons and heavy rains have affected large numbers of people and caused crop damage particularly in areas of the Mekong river basin. Mr Hiroyuki Konuma, the Regional Representative/ Regional Representative, Regional Office Asia, based in Bangkok, had this comment:
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Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition: governments together with civil society
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The Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition - a global voluntary partnership – contributes to establishing networks for supportive communication within countries.
It is a space where governments and civil society organizations can find their similarities, build working relationships and, through unity, increase their visibility, recognition and impact.
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| Influential Alliances, recently, attended the Committee on World Food Security, at FAO, Rome. The following are interviews with some of them: |
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1. Interview with Professor Denis Lucey, Chairman of the Irish Gorta Hunger Secretariat (First photo)
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| Alliances Against Hunger in East-Africa partner with Ireland |
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2. Interview with Ugandan Rebecca Amukhoye, GORTA's Regional Director for East Africa (Second photo)
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| The Alliance Against Hunger in America has a lead role in networking worldwide |
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3. Interview with Tony Hall, Executive Director, Alliance Against Hunger in America and former US Ambassador to Rome based-UN Agencies (Third photo)
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Malawi: Scaling up nutrition
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A delegation attends Committee on Food Security
20 October 2011, Rome -- Malawi is one of the first countries to have joined the Scaling Up Nutrition movement. Its government at the highest level recognizes that healthy, well-nourished people are both the outcome of successful social and economic development and an essential input into the development process. This has allowed the country to emerge from a major nutritional crisis in the early 2000s and to make significant progress towards achieving MDG1.
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In the Office of the President of Malawi where she works, Dr Mary Shawa elaborates on the coordination and implementation of national plans and programmes related to food security and nutrition.(©FAOPhoto/G. Napolitano)
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World Food Day 2011 Ceremony at FAO Headquarters |
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FAO Member-countries held local celebrations under the global theme: Food prices – from crisis to stability.
17 October 2011, Rome -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) celebrate World Food Day 2011 with a series of speeches by visiting guests and performances by celebrity goodwill ambassadors.
Jeremy Irons at FAO-
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Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General
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Michelle Bachelet, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women
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Jeremy Irons
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World hunger report 2011: High, volatile prices set to continue |
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The global hunger report focuses on high and volatile food prices, identified as major contributing factors in food insecurity at global level and a source of grave concern to the international community.
Moreover, food price volatility may increase over the next decade due to stronger linkages between agricultural and energy markets and more frequent extreme weather events. (FAO Photo/G. Napolitano)
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Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity, the United Nations' three Rome-based agencies said in the global hunger report published today. Details with David Dawe, Senior Economist, FAO:
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Food Shortages in South Sudan: Every Seed Counts |
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A recent crop assessment forecasts that the country will at best only produce half the cereal it requires to feed itself. This is expected to push approximately 1.3 million people to the brink of a crisis. (FAO Photo: Edward Ogolla)
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In parts of South Sudan a complex humanitarian emergency is unfolding as a result of food unavailability and inaccessibility. Through innovative programmes such as Community Based Seed Production, FAO aims to help establish seed systems and increase availability of high quality seeds, which will ultimately boost food production.
Edward Ogolla reports from Juba, South Sudan:
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World broadcast Campaign of the World Food Day 2011
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World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) covers World Food Day (October 16, 2011): Food Prices – from Crisis to Stability.
On 16 October 2011, in co-production with FAO, AMARC community radio network, in Africa Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America, will carry 24 hours podcasting broadcast through its Internet website and in coordination with at least 150 Community Radios worldwide.
It will be a live transmission through streaming so community radio stations will be able to broadcast it by connecting to Internet or they can save the broadcast for broadcast at a time of their choice.
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3 October 2011: World Habitat Day 2011 "Cities and Climate change" |
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How food, agriculture and management of natural resources, particularly forestry, can be integrated in the city agendas to cope with climate change and propose ways forward?
Within the International Year of Forests 2011, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) dedicates October 2011 to "Urban and Periurban Forestry".
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Greening cities can greatly improve the Indian urban life and contribute to Climate Change mitigation.
The following is an interview with:
Mr. P. J. Dilip Kumar,
Director-General of Forests and
Special Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi.
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Sustainable Fishing
A China Radio International's flagship news chat show |
30 September 2011, Beijing--China Radio International (CRI) hosted a live panel discussion on Sustainable Fishing. Details are as follows: fishing is a global enterprise that has in many fields resulted in over fishing of species that is incredibly dangerous. Efforts to fix the problem have included embargoes on eating certain fish, regional treaties and global accords yet the problem persists and threatens ecosystems and an important source of food long term.
In the following radio show, CRI's guests looked at the global problem, the efforts to solve it and the outlook of the fish and fishing in our modern world.
Guests:
- Francis Chopin, Senior Fishery Industry Officer for the Food and Agricultural Organization.
- Ray Hilborn, Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington.
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HORN OF AFRICA -- Somali resources at stake
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14 September 2011, Rome/Nairobi -- One and a half decades of civil strife in Somalia have resulted in the loss or damage of most of the water and land-related information collected in the previous half century.SWALIM, a long term EU/FAO project on land and water resources in Somalia, stands for Somalia Water and Land Information Management, and the name says it all; it is an information management unit serving Somali administrations, non-governmental organisations, development agencies and UN organisations engaged in assisting Somali communities whose lives depend directly on water and land resources.
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Zoltan Balint is FAO's Chief Technical Advisor of Somalia Water and Land Information Management. He is temporarily based in Nairobi. FAO Radio service had this interview with him, in Rome:
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Global Soil Partnership for Food Security launched at FAO |
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New effort to assure soils future generations
Rome, 8 September 2011 -- Pressure on the world's soil resources and land degradation are threatening global food security.
A three-day meeting to launch a new Global Soil Partnership for Food security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation has taken place, in Rome. FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf, called for a renewed international effort to assure sufficient fertile and healthy soils today and for future generations.
Here, the main statements at the opening of the meeting:
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M. Jacques Diouf, Directeur général de la FAO (in French)
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M. Amadou Boubacar Cisse, Ministre du Plan, République du Niger (in French)
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Mr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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Focus on concrete action on Horn of Africa |
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Follow-up and Response Actions
18 August 2011, Rome -- Today's meeting took stock of the evolving situation, reviewed actions taken to date and identified measures required to address urgent needs, including funding gaps, as well as longer term follow-up investments and actions required to build resilience and tackle the root causes of crisis vulnerability in the Horn of Africa (HoA). It builds on the Emergency Ministerial-Level Meeting on the crisis situation in the HoA of 25 July, called by FAO at the request of the French Presidency of the G20, and contributes to the preparation for response actions and investment decisions being discussed in the coming weeks.
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Mr Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Mr Alfonso Pedro Canga, Minister for Agriculture, Angola
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Mr Abdullahi Hagi Hassan Mohamed Nuur, Minister for Agriculture, Somalia (starting with OXFAM's statement)
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Mr Abdullahi Hagi Hassan Mohamed Nuur, Minister for Agriculture, Somalia (Continued)
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Horn of Africa - Up-dates
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04 August 2011, Rome -- FAO calls for urgent necessity to prepare for next October-November planting season and for investments in longer-term recovery to rebuild households.
(Photo: ©FAO/Ami Vitale)
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In English - Luca Alinovi, FAO Representative and Emergency Operations Coordinator for Somalia
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In French - Cristina Amaral, Chef du Service des Opérations d'urgence, FAO
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In Spanish - Mario Zappacosta, economista de la FAO
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In Arabic - Interview with Mr. Fadel El-Zubi,FAO Senior Emergency Officer for the Middle East and North Africa - Amman (Jordan)
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STATEMENTS OF THE DAY on SOMALIA (continued) |
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Monday 25th of July, FAO HQ Rome, Italy
Rome Emergency Meeting rallies to aid Horn of Africa
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5- Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President
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6- Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator/Representing UN SG Ban Ki Mon
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7- Maalim Mahboub, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa, IGAD
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8- Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive Director Oxfam
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Press Conference - Emergency Ministerial Meeting on the Horn of Africa (25 July 2011, Rome)
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France, UN Agencies'Heads and concerned countries answer questions from the media.
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Featuring:
- Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fishery, Rural Affairs and Land Use Planning (for the French Presidency of the G20)
- Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General
- Mohamed Ibrahim, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia
- Valerie Amos, UN Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator/Representing UN SG Ban Ki Mon
- Josette Sheeran, WFP Executive Director
- Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President
- Maalim Mahboub, Executive Secretary, IGAD
- Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive Director Oxfam
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Rome Emergency Meeting rallies to aid Horn of Africa
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The Meeting was organized by FAO at the urgent request of the French Presidency of the Group of 20 and was attended by Ministers and senior representatives from FAO¿s 191 Member Countries, and other UN agencies as well as international and non-governmental organizations.
STATEMENTS OF THE DAY (in original languages)
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1- Jacques Diouf, Directeur général de la FAO
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2- Bruno Le Maire, Ministre français de l¿Agriculture, de l¿Alimentation, de la Pêche, de la Ruralité et de l¿Aménagement du territoire (pour la Présidence française du G20)
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3- Mohamed (Mohamud Haji) Ibrahim Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia
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4- Josette Sheeran, WFP Executive Director
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South Sudan: the world's newest state
An opportunity to rebuild agricultural productivity beyond independence
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July 2011- On July 9, South Sudan becomes the world's newest nation. 80 percent of its population rely on agricultural production to meet their food and income needs. However, due to decades of civil conflict, disruption and loss of economic activities and the erosion of basic livelihood options, food insecurity and poverty are widespread across South Sudan. FAO has been at work and is making progress in agriculture rehabilitation.
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Mr. George Okech, Head of FAO Office makes this assessment of the situation and talks about the way forward. Edward Ogolla, FAO Communication Officer, South Sudan interviewed him in Juba, on the eve of Independance Day:
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FAO Conference closes week-long 37th Session
Director-General Jacques Diouf stresses the importance and benefits of FAO Renewal
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Rome, 02 July 2011- FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf (FAO Photo/Giulio Napolitano), concluded his last General Conference.
He will leave Office in December 2011.
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Jacques Diouf 's closing remark:
"We have always felt that Member Nations were all committed to make this Organization achieve its main goal"
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New FAO Director-General elect takes the oath |
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Rome, 30 June 2011- An Oath Taking Ceremony by the Director-General Elect, Mr. José Graziano da Silva took place today at FAO headquarters. Mr. Graziano da Silva was elected, last 26 June 2011, to head the Rome-based Organization for the period 1 January 2012 to 31 July 2015.
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José Graziano da Silva (photo/Alessia Pierdomenico):
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2. Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues
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"We have to work much more seriously and effectively to ensure that coordination really happens"
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FAO Conference: Focus on gender |
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This week in Rome, FAO Membership reviews the State of Food and Agriculture with a proposed theme for the General Debate: "The Vital Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Development"
A side-event co-hosted by Ambassador of the United States of America to the UN Agencies in Rome Ertharin Cousin, Ambassador of Kenya to Italy and to FAO, IFAD, and WFP Josephine Wangari Gaita, presented:
"A Dialogue on Women in Agriculture: Where to after SOFA?"
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FAO Media service met the following heads of delegation:
1. Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture from the United States Department
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"Women and girls make up such a large percentage of the agricultural workers"
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3. Agnes Kalibata, Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda
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"86% of the women in Rwanda are in agriculture"
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4. Mme Odette Kayitesi, Ministre de l'agriculture du Burundi
"La priorité de l'agriculture burundaise est que l'on puisse quitter l'agriculture de subsistance pour une agriculture orientée vers le marché"
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FAO Goodwill Ambassadors celebrate a world free of Rinderpest
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Two FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, Angunn and Fanny Lu join the international community in celebrating the declaration on global freedom from rinderpest. A giant step towards achieving food security.
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Listen to their messages of support.
1. Angunn (photo), FAO Goodwill Ambassador and Indonesian singer
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Eradicated rinderpest: a giant step forward
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Rome, 28 June 2011 - FAO and its partners gathered today to celebrate an extraordinary success, namely the eradication of rinderpest, the first animal disease to be eradicated by mankind. The celebration of this achievement was held at FAO headquarters and was marked by an official declaration ceremony of the global eradication of rinderpest.
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An eminent Cameroonian vet, now retired in Bamenda, Northwest Cameroon shares his past experience and legacy to younger generations.
1. Dr. Protus Atang remembers way back in the 60s
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2. Fanny Lu (photo), FAO Goodwill Ambassador and Colombian singer
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Rinderpest, the first animal disease to be eradicated by mankind: a global achievement
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Rome, 28 June 2011- The FAO Conference, the highest body of the UN agency, adopted a resolution declaring global freedom from the devastating disease. Today's declaration marked the final step in a decade-long global campaign implemented by FAO, in close coordination with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and other partners to eradicate rinderpest. This rinderpest eradication represents a collaborative effort in which the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) played a key role.
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The last rinderpest outbreak was registered in wild buffalo in Kenya in 2001, and the last vaccination took place in 2006.
Listen to the statements of the official declaration ceremony.
1. Dr. Modibo Traoré, Assistant Director-General for Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department
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2. Mr. Fazio Ferruccio, Italian Minister of Health
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3. Pr. Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize-winning veterinarian and immunologist
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EC, FAO, IFAD and WFP sign New strategic framework of cooperation
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Rome, 27 June 2011- The European Commission (EC), FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) signed at FAO Headquarters a new Strategic Framework of Cooperation to strengthen the capacity of the international community to deliver effective, coordinated, timely and sustainable support to food security and nutrition.
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The Strategic Framework of Cooperation sheds the light on the key priorities for food security and nutrition; all four partners will work together on the basis of their converging objectives and mandates and are committed to an adequate monitoring and evaluation of the Strategic Framework of Cooperation (FAO Photo/Giulio Napolitano).
1. M. Jacques Diouf, Directeur général de la FAO
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2. Mr. Andris Piebalgs, Commissioner for Development of the European Commission
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3. Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Commissioner for International Co-operation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response of the European Commission
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EC, FAO, IFAD and WFP sign New strategic framework of cooperation (continued)
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4. Ms. Josette Sheeran, Executive Director of WFP
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5. Mr. Kanayo Nwanze, President of IFAD
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Director-General Jacques Diouf makes an assessment of the ending biennium
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Rome, 27 June 2011-FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf, delivered a statement during the fifth Plenary meeting of the FAO Conference at FAO Headquarters. Dr. Diouf reported on FAO's progress in fields such as management, technology, decentralization, budget reduction and gender balance among others.
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Mr. Diouf addressed the Conference in the presence of high-level representatives of member countries and partner agencies.
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Press conference - FAO Director-General elect José Graziano da Silva
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Rome, 27 June 2011 at FAO Headquarters.
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(FAO Photo/Alessia Pierdomenico)
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FAO Member-countries elect new Director-General
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Rome, 26 June 2011 - The FAO Conference elected today a new Director-General at FAO Headquarters. The term of the new Director-General will start on 1 January 2012 and run through 31 July 2015. FAO's next Director-General has been elected by a majority of votes cast by FAO 191 Members. Each Member nation had one vote and the balloting was secret. The final results were proclaimed by the Chair of the Conference, followed by the acceptance of the newly-elected FAO Director-General.
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Proclamation and acceptance address by the newly-elect Director-General of FAO, José Graziano da Silva of Brazil (FAO Photo/Giulio Napolitano).
Mr Graziano da Silva, 61, received a total of 92 votes out of 180 votes cast.
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Candidates to address the 37th session of FAO Conference
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Rome, 25 June 2011 - The six candidates for the post of FAO Director-General deliver their statements on the occasion of the opening day of the FAO Conference, before elections take place on Sunday, 26 June at FAO Headquarters. The six candidates are listed in alphabetical order by country: Franz Fischler (Austria), José Graziano da Silva (Brazil), Indroyono Soesilo (Indonesia), Mohammad Saeid Noori Naeini (Iran, Islamic Republic of), Abdul Latif Rashid (Iraq) and Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé (Spain).
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1. Franz Fischler (Austria)
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2. José Graziano da Silva (Brazil)
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3. Indroyono Soesilo (Indonesia)
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Candidates to address the 37th session of FAO Conference (continued)
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4. Mohammad Saeid Noori Naeini (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
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5. Abdul Latif Rashid (Iraq)
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6. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé (Spain)
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A plaque celebrates global eradication of rinderpest
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Rome, 25 June 2011 - FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf unveiled a commemorative plaque to celebrate global eradication of rinderpest, a devastating animal disease that threatened human livelihoods and food security for more than a thousand years over the continents. The commemorative plaque (FAO Photo/Giulio Napolitano) at FAO Headquarters pays tribute to all those who played a role in the eradication effort. The celebration was held on the opening day of the 37th Session of FAO biennial Conference.
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A resolution recognizing global eradication of rinderpest will be adopted by the Conference on 28 June.
1. Discours d'ouverture de Monsieur Jacques Diouf, Directeur général of FAO
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2. Déclaration de S.E.M. Idriss Déby Itno, Président de la République du Tchad
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3. Déclaration de S.E.M. Faure Essozimma Gnassingbe, Président de la République du Togo
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Kofi Annan at FAO: Towards ensuring food security for millions of people: a global challenge for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa |
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Rome, 25 June 2011 -- Former Secretary General and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kofi Annan delivered the 27th McDougall Memorial Lecture on food security, at the opening of the 37th session of the FAO Conference. The lecture is delivered every two years, before the FAO Conference, by a personality involved in the field of agriculture and in the fight against hunger.
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According to Mr. Annan, chairman of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, the current food security crisis could turn into a permanent disaster for millions of people.(Photo: ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano)
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4. Statement by H.E. Aja Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Vice President of the Gambia
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5. Déclaration du Dr. Vallat, Directeur Général de l'organisation mondiale pour la santé animale (OIE)
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Musical performance by FAO Goodwill Ambassador Anggun (Asia)
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Musical performance by FAO Goodwill Ambassador Mory Kanté (Africa)
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Global Research Alliance is launched
36 countries seek to foster research to help deliver more food without growing greenhouse gas emissions
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Rome, 24 June 2011- In the context of the 37th session of the FAO Conference, the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases has officially been launched.
The Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases was launched on 16 December 2009 in the margins of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The concept originated in New Zealand, but it now spans the globe with over 30 participating countries.
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The Alliance is focused on research, development and extension of technologies and practices that will help deliver ways to grow more food and more climate-resilient food systems without growing greenhouse gas emissions.
New Zealand Ministers talk about the initiative as a Summit of participating countries takes place in Rome.
1. David Carter, New Zealand Minister of Agriculture, Biosecurity and Forestry
"Science costs money, we're prepared to back the new Alliance with dollars"
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What contribution to the 2011 International Year of Forests?
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2. Tim Groser, New Zealand Minister of Trade and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Negotiations
"We need to find a way to network with the expertise of world scientists"
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1. ''A community fights malnutrition with local leafy vegetables" is written by Gabriel Adukpo, communicator in the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Koforidua, Ghana.
A local extension worker helps villagers to reclaim the health and agricultural benefits of indigenous green leafy vegetables, commonly stigmatized as "poor people's food."
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2. "AIDS support group gives positive people a new lease on life!" is written by Filius Chalo Jere, Breeze FM in Chipata, Zambia.
A local Zambian organization helps HIV-positive people improve their nutrition by growing the ingredients for their own nutritional supplements.
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In collaboration with Farm Radio International, the FAO Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division and the Office of Knowledge Exchange, Research and Extension
Produced by Gladson Makowa in Malawi
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The Save and Grow farming model:
The blueprint for a new Green Revolution
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Rome, 13 June 2011- FAO launched a new book, Save and Grow. In short, it's about a new paradigm of agriculture that is sustainable crop production intensification (SCPI). This book provides a toolkit of adaptable farming systems, technologies and practices, and explores the policies and the institutional arrangements that will support the large-scale implementation of SCPI.
The Save and Grow farming model new approach is targeted mainly on smallholder farmers in developing countries, helping around 2.5 billion low-income families.
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Mr Shivaji Pandey, Director of FAO Plant Production and Protection Division
"Sustainable intensification means a productive agriculture that conserves and enhances natural resources"
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A world free of Rinderpest
OIE declares Rinderpest officially eradicated |
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Paris, 25 May 2011- At the organization’s 79th annual General Session in Paris, The national Delegates of Members of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) officially declared today, that with the support of FAO rinderpest is now eradicated from the surface of the earth. An “OIE Rinderpest Pathway” for countries to be officially recognized as free from the disease was implemented in parallel with the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme (GREP) managed by FAO in collaboration with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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International cooperation has been essential to move towards global eradication in poorest countries.
The following are testimonials to remember a historic moment for Humanity:
1. Malleshappa Rajasekhar, Founder, Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring And Surveillance(PD_ADMAS), Indian Council of Agricultural Research(ICAR)
"We were determined to see that Rinderpest is eradicated from India"
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2. Faysal Hassam Ibrahim, Federal Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Sudan
"Eradication of the disease means livelihood, food security for all and contribution of livestock to the national economy"
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3. Juan Lubroth, Chief, FAO Animal Health Service
"We are confident that the virus has really been removed from its natural setting"
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The state of Food price volatility: a global concern
FAO and the U.S. are cooperating on Regional Food Security Conferences
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Friday 6 May 2011, Rome - U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a statement on the state of global food security and food price volatility at FAO headquarters.
At the invitation of FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf, Ms. Clinton addressed the Rome-based UN Food agencies and international organizations, as well the Representatives of the Membership to these bodies.
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1. U. S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivering her speech
"We need to work all together for markets to work more efficiently and deliver results."
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2. FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf : opening remarks as he introduced Secretary of state Clinton
" I trust that we can count on the commitment of all Member Nations to eradicate hunger and make the world a better place for all humanity."
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3. FAO Director-General, Jacques Diouf : closing remarks after Secretary of state Clinton delivered her address
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“Sembrar la vida”:
Songs pay tribute to small farmers in Latin America and the Caribbean
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FAO launched to the public the CD "Sembrar la vida", which brings together 12 songs from nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean played by Nicaraguan singer Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy.
The initiative seeks to raise awareness about the importance of family farms to ensure food security and nutrition and hunger eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Food Safety Assessment in Japan
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18 April 2011-The fallout from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident has contaminated food particularly in Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures. Shortly after the earthquake struck Japan on March 11, the Joint FAO/IAEA Division sent a Food Safety Assessment Team to the most affected areas. The team’s objective was to assist the Japanese authorities with their radiation monitoring activities. The Joint Division will also be supporting Japan with remediation techniques to try to clean up and restart agriculture in the affected zones.
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IAEA’s Louise Potterton spoke to team members.
1. Andrew Cannavan, head of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division’s Food & Environmental Protection Laboratory.
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2. Lionel Mabit, soil scientist in the Joint FAO/IAEA Division’s Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory (photo).
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Second Mediterranean Forest Week
The impact of climate change on sustainable forest management strategies in the Mediterranean
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6 April 2011, Avignon (France)- A press conference will take place during the Second Mediterranean Forest Week held in Avignon, on 5-8 April 2011. This event brings together policy makers, scientists, forest managers and civil society to address the role of forests for sustainable development, the impact of climate change on forest fire prevention strategies and key resources like water.
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A collaborative Partnership on Mediterranean Forests, aiming at ensuring sustainable production of goods and services from forest ecosystems in the region, has recently been established to strengthen the capacities of member countries of the FAO Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions-Silva Mediterranea.
Mr Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General for the FAO Department of Forestry
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Pakistan – From Relief to Early Recovery |
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Only eight months after catastrophic floods hit Pakistan in summer 2010, FAO is helping around 900,000 families to produce food again. The rapid distriubtion of wheat seeds and fertilizer to flood victims is about to yield a harvest large enough to feed four million people for the next six months.
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World Water Day 2011: Water for urban areas
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This Year’s World Water Day theme, “Water and Urbanisation” sheds the light on the importance of sustainable management of freshwater resources. Water and sanitation are critical factors to alleviate poverty and hunger, most of all in developing countries, where access to proper water supply and sanitation remains a major challenge. Urban migration and urbanisation are still growing, bringing up new challenges.
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Mr Jean-Marc Faures, Water resources management, Land and Water Division (NRLW): "We work at safe farming practices including the use and re-use of water".
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Launch of FAO’s new State of Food and Agriculture report (SOFA) |
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7 March 2011, Rome-Women make up 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries-A press conference was held at FAO headquarters, to release FAO’s new State of Food and Agriculture 2010-2011 report.
According to the report, just giving women the same access as men to agricultural resources could increase production in developing countries by 20 to 30 percent, and raise total agricultural production by 2.5 to 4 percent.
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The agriculture sector is underperforming in many developing countries due to a wide gender gap; tackling the problem in a most committed manner can boost food production and reduce world hunger.
1. On SOFA Highlights as regards the role of women in agriculture FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf, Deputy Director-General Ann Tutwiler and Ms Bina Agarwal, Director, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi
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2. On the current situation in North Africa and food prices volatility
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf answering questions:
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2. Bellen Vallina Gonzalez (photo), soil and water management (Intern, Spain)
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3. Hanano Yamada (photo), entomology (Junior Professional Officer, Japanese-US)
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Young women are making career in the world of nuclear science and technology.
Three women talk about their work at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), their motivations and job satisfaction and encourage more women to join their ranks.
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1. Banymaty Saraye (photo), works in plant breeder (Fellow, Mauritius)
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Theme for International Women's Day 2011:
Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women
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A new approach to technical capacity development based on an exposure and dialogue methodology is being piloted by the FAO Department of Gender, Equity and Rural Employment. Concretely, FAO has implemented partnerships with host organizations, such as the Self-Employed Women’s Organization of India (SEWA ) in order to better understand the challenge that poor food insecure people face, and allows rural populations to directly express their needs.
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1. Back from India, last December 2010, Ms Esther Njomo Omam, Executive Director of Reach Out Cameroon, shed the light on the lessons learned.
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2. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), along with FAO and WFP, brings support to such initiatives. Ms Maria Hartl is Technical Adviser on Gender and Social Equity. Last December 2010, in Rome, she attended a workshop held by the FAO jointly with IFAD: “Women and value chains – sharing experiences and lessons from selected African women leaders from West and Central Africa”. Maria Hartl had this view on the role of women in agriculture:
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3. Victor Lopez, FAO Trade and Markets Division, recently visited the Self-Employed Women's Organization of India; here, he talks about the issues and the lessons learned.
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A win-win learning and support.
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Up to 50 percent of crop yield increases come from improved seeds and farmer’s access to quality seeds is a key factor for better food and nutrition in poor countries. However, medium and large seed companies tend to concentrate on the production and marketing of hybrid seed, for high value crops grown by larger farmers and market them in more fertile and wealthier areas. Improved, non-hybrid seeds for poor farmers in local food security crops such as cassava, sorghum and millet are however essential in the fight against hunger. The best way to fill the gap left by the private sector is to develop smallholder seed enterprises.
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FAO seed specialist Robert Guei explains the issue:
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International Year of Forests, 2011: Restocking forests one tree at a time
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Forests cover a third of the planets land mass and provide over one and a half billion people with a livelihood. But around the world, forests are in decline. Their disappearance will impact entire ecosystems, and deprive people of essential resources as well as many income generating activities. In parts of Asia, there is an effort to regenerate forests through replanting projects supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization or FAO.
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"Some countries in Asia are way ahead of the curve, says Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization or FAO"...
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Improving delivery to populations in crisis |
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Rome, 9 February 2011- International experts in human nutrition and food security in emergency situations from more than 20 institutions and NGOs are taking part in a workshop organized by FAO and WFP that will improve delivery to populations in crisis. The aim of the workshop is to come up with an action plan on how to improve the analysis of the food situation following an emergency including how many crops were destroyed, whether local markets still function and people’s access to food.
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This so-called Food Security and Response Analysis will, once it has been agreed, make emergency programming for disaster-hit populations more efficient and more importantly more nutritious.
FAO Nutritionist Neil Marsland explains why this workshop is so necessary.
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3. Dr. Yugraj YADAVA, Director of the Bay of Bengal Programme, South-India
"We deal with four countries: Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, and millions of fishworkers' families."
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"Due to fish scarcity, small-scale fishermen are forced to go deeper into the sea."
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"Improved infrastructure which can provide safe landing and boating facilities have been created for the fishermen."
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Focus on Fisheries and Aquaculture issues : a global concern
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Governments, regional fishery bodies, NGOs, fishworkers and international community attended the last twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries-COFI, the only global inter-governmental forum where major international fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues are examined. COFI was also an opportunity for member countries to review the programmes of work of FAO in the field of fisheries and aquaculture and their implementation, and to assess progress of the Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries with all stakeholders.
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1. Mr. Gellwynn Jusuf, Secretary General Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
"We are also educating people on how to head away from it when tsunami hits."
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2. Mr. Sebastian Mathew, Programme Adviser, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers ICSF, India
"Labor migration: from agriculture to fisheries, training needs are high."
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"In fisheries sector boat donors are mostly individual owners."
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Fish products: among the most-traded of food commodities
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Rome, 31 January-4 February 2011- The 29th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is currently taking place at FAO Headquarters. Overall, fisheries and aquaculture support the livelihoods of an estimated 540 million people, or eight percent of the world population. About 32 percent of world fish stocks are estimated to be overexploited, depleted or recovering and need to be urgently rebuilt, the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) says.
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The increasing demand for fish highlights the need for the sustainable management of aquatic resources. According to SOFIA report, Total world production of fish and fish products rose from 140 million tonnes in 2007 to 145 million tonnes in 2009 and inland fisheries supports 61 million people worldwide.1. Ms Ann Tutwiler, Deputy Director-General Knowledge opening the 29th session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI)
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2. M. Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General Fisheries and Aquaculture Department presenting the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2010
Inland fisheries impacts on people's livelihoods
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Buffalo monument marks rinderpest free status in Kenya
A landmark success of global eradication of Rinderpest for all vets, scientists and pastoralists
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A massive, bronze statue of a wild buffalo now stands near the entrance to Meru National Park, the site of the world's last-confirmed case of rinderpest, or cattle plague. The international campaign to rid the world of rinderpest has been successful, in part, due to Kenya’s pivotal role and regional position. A handful of remaining countries are expected to be formally recognized as rinderpest-free by May 2011, from the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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A joint FAO-OIE Global Declaration is expected immediately thereafter, and the eradication of rinderpest will be highlighted during FAO’s Conference in June 2011, with the unveiling of another monument.
John Cheburet is the producer and narrator of the following radio feature on Rinderpest eradication-Kenya for FAO.
Locations:
- Isinya in Kajiado district, KARI Laboratories in Muguga,
- Meru National Park,
- AU-IBAR offices at Westlands in Nairobi,
- EU Delegation Office at Upper Hill Nairobi
- and KWS offices at Nairobi National Park.
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Haiti: Rebuilding agriculture one year after devastating earthquake
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One year later, rural areas continue to suffer from the reverberations of Haiti's devastating earthquake: the ongoing cholera outbreak and the flooding and landslides triggered by Hurricane Tomas have hit the agriculture sector particularly hard. Poor, vulnerable, agriculture-dependent communities are the ones that feel more the most severe consequences of natural disasters.
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According to Mr Etienne Peterschmitt, FAO Senior Emergency and Rehabilitation Coordinator for Haiti, “agriculture has a critical role to play not only in eliminating hunger and malnutrition, but also in boosting rural incomes, reversing environmental degradation and increasing resilience to future threats”.
M. Etienne Peterschmitt (by telephone from Haiti)
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AMARC Covers World Food Day Focusing on Food Security In Times Of Crisis |
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The worldwide community radio network of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters, AMARC will be covering this year World Food Day, on October 16th, 2009 by emphasizing on this year theme " Achieving Food Security in Times of Crisis " . AMARC covers also the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) activities for the World Food Day as part of a signed worldwide partnership agreement between the two organisations, in order to contribute to rural development and natural resources.
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World broadcast Campaign of the World Food Day 2011 |
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World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) covers World Food Day (October 16, 2011): Food Prices – from Crisis to Stability
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