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World Food Day News and Events

16-10-2006 WFD celebration

16-10-2006 Material prepared

17-10-2005 Fighting Hunger: the Brazilian Experience (Fome Zero)

16-10-2005 Materials for World Food Day (WFD)

26-10-2004 REUNIÓN DEL CONSEJO NACIONAL DE SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA (CONSEA) Y PRESENTACIÓN DE MEDALLAS

22-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

21-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

20-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

19-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

18-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

18-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

17-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA - SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

16-10-2004 ACTIVIDADES DEL DMA – SEMANA DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

15-10-2004 CERIMONIA ESPECIAL

7-10-2004 CONMEMORACIÓN DEL DÍA MUNDIAL DE LA ALIMENTACIÓN

15-10-2003 Brazil to Commemorate World Food Day 2003

15-10-2003 Activities organized for the World Food Day

16-10-2002 1. Abertura do Programa Cidadania Especial – Dia Mundial da Alimentação: “Água: fonte de segurança alimentar”

16-10-2002 Fórum sobre a Água: Fonte de Segurança Alimentar, em comemoração ao Dia Mundial da Alimentação

16-10-2002 World Food Day commemorated throughout Brazil

16-10-2002 Excursão Técnica, dirigida pelo Senhor Alberto Duque Portugal, Presidente da Embrapa

15-10-2002 Dia de Campo

15-10-2002 Leitura da Carta Oficial do Diretor Geral da FAO e Abertura Oficial da celebração do Dia Mundial da Alimentação pelas ONG do RS

15-10-2002 1. Palestra sobre a Meteorologia a Serviço da Agricultura e Uso Racional da Água”, pelo Senhor Augusto César Vaz de Athayde, Diretor do INMET

15-10-2002 3. Inauguração das novas sedes da FAO e da OMM no Campus do INMET seguida do Coquetel de Encerramento.

15-10-2002 Abertura do Programa Cidadania Especial – Dia Mundial da Alimentação: “Água: fonte de segurança alimentar”

15-10-2002 2. Palestra sobre o Balanço Hídrico – uma ferramenta a serviço do Agricultor “, pelo Engenheiro Agrônomo Gustavo D’ Angiolella, Técnico do INMET

14-10-2002 DIA MUNDIAL DA ALIMENTAÇÃO EM 2002

14-10-2002 Agriculture Minister kicks off Brazil's World Food Day in Brasilia

14-10-2002 Opening of WFD celebrations in the National Meteorologist Institute (INMET) , Brasilia


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