June Food Summit

June Food Summit

3-5 June 2008, Rome, Italy

Final declaration of the summit

Summit coverage

Live webcast of speeches: http://www.fao.org/Webcast/
(click here for approximate schedule)

Audio news & interviews:
http://www.fao.org/audiocatalogue/index.jsp?lang=EN

Daily coverage from Earth Negotiations Bulletin:
http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/wfs/

FAO coverage & press releases:

Conference news

06/06/2008	Food Summit calls for more investment in agriculture
05/06/2008	Renewed financial effort in fight on hunger
04/06/2008	Boosting Food Production in Africa’s "Breadbasket Areas"
03/06/2008	The world only needs 30 billion dollars a year to eradicate the scourge of hunger
28/05/2008	High food prices - supporting the poor and re-launching agriculture
22/05/2008	Food prices remain high despite higher output
12/05/2008	Strong signs of record rice production
29/04/2008	Diouf: world must seize chance to boost agriculture
18/04/2008	A major boost to preparations for the FAO Summit on food security
11/04/2008	Poorest countries’ cereal bill continues to soar, governments try to limit impact
09/04/2008	Urgent measures required to reduce impact of high food prices on the poor
02/04/2008	FAO expects rice production to rise by 1.8 percent in 2008

Past coverage

10/03/08	Climate change a further challenge for gender equity
03/03/08	Agriculture in the Near East likely to suffer from climate change
18/02/08	African forestry sector critical to climate change debate
12/12/07	Rome UN Agencies urge immediate climate action to avert hunger
11/12/07	Climate change causing species disappearance in mountain areas
07/12/07	Climate change: focussing on how the vulnerable can cope
10/09/07	Living with climate change
07/08/07	Climate change likely to increase risk of hunger

Contact:

	FAO Media Office FAO-Newsroom@fao.org (+39) 06 570 53625
	Media accreditation centre mediapass@fao.org (+39) 340 995 9764

Action is needed to boost agricultural production in developing countries.

Documents
	Speeches delivered at the Summit (text & audio)
	Summit agenda & schedule
	List of Summit participants
	Report: Soaring food prices
	All summit documents

Related links
	High resolution photo coverage of the summit
	Info on media arrangements
	Info on satellite link-ups & broadcast facilities
	Media accreditation form
	Summit website
	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
	International Fund for Agricultural Development
	World Food Programme

Audio
	Audio of speeches delivered at the Summit (mp3)
	Audio news coverage of the summit (mp3)

Video
	Live video coverage (streaming)

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