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A New agriculture with a New FAO
19 November, 2007, Rome --The following are excerpts (in English, French and Spanish)from the opening Statement by the Director-General of FAO, Mr Jacques Diouf, as the biennum Conference of the Organization opens in Rome. ©FAO/Giulio Napolitano
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. "
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