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FAO Director-General spells out key focus areas
8 June 2015, Rome--- FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, in his first policy statement since his overwhelming re-election, today outlined that eradicating hunger, raising levels of nutrition and addressing climate change will be among the Organization’s top priorities over the next four years. In his speech the FAO Director-General underscored how the next step must be the complete eradication of chronic undernourishment. This, together with ending malnutrition has been included in the Sustainable Development Goals which will be finalized later this year setting the global development agenda for the decades to come.

Statement by FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva.
21min. 03sec.
Topic(s): Agriculture & crops, Climate change, Conference-Council, Director-General, Food Security, Hunger & food insecurity, Rural or agricultural development
Produced by: FAO
 
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