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Water: source of Food security

To illustrate the theme of World Food Day 2002: "Water: source of Food Security", we propose to Net surfers and to radio broadcasters a series of sound-bites on the importance and the use of water in agriculture.

The recordings are carried out in the FAO Radio studio and on the sites of the FAO projects in the Member States.

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The Director General’s appeal

     
FAO Director-General, Dr. Jacques Diouf, explains the importance of the theme for this year's celebration of World Food Day, "Water: source of Food Security".

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Malawi

     
In a country where one fifth of the surface area is freshwater and where floods and drought are a constant threat to crops and livestock, learning how to control and manage water is vital for the smallholder farmers. Steven Ruben and Gracie Foti live in the central part of the country, near Lake Malawi.
Boudicca Downes (FAO) met them. They had this to say.

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Second part
Duration: 1min29sec

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