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Strengthened partnerships can guarantee food security in Africa
©FAO/Riccardo Gangale
1 July 2013, Rome-- The will to promote food security in Africa motivated the African Union, FAO and the Lula Institute to partner for a unified approach to end hunger in Africa by 2025, within the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) framework. Over 150 representatives of farmers associations, cooperatives social movements, civil society and non-governmental organizations and the private sector called on governments to commit to the eradication of hunger in Africa by 2025.

Mr. José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General, talked to the media during the High-level meeting on new, unified approaches to end hunger in Africa, 29 June-1 July, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
3min. 34sec.
Topic(s): Director-General, Food production & stocks, Food Security, Hunger & food insecurity
Produced by: FAO
 
Reference: 9980