In English: "...for a broader debate on "Feeding the World in 2050", which is the theme of the second high-level conference that I propose to convene in the autumn of 2008..."

"In its 2008 report, the World Bank speaks of a new agriculture. For my part, I should like to see that new agriculture aligned with a new FAO."

" In the last two years agriculture has returned to the international agenda. The World Bank's report for 2008 is significant in this regard. For the first time in a quarter of a century, its report is devoted to agriculture for development. "