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PAA Africa Programme
02/09/2013
FAO and WFP have long been partnering to promote food and nutrition security of vulnerable communities. The Programme Purchase from Africans for Africa is a recent example of how the...
A Series of Voices on the Future of Agriculture
31/07/2013
If you are reading this website, you might be familiar with one of the larger debates going on around ensuring access to food for everyone--the debate on the future of...
Lifelong dedication to fight poverty
16/07/2013
Waking up at 4:00 am and walking almost 5 kilometers to work at the farm is not an easy task for grown people, let alone for a school girl. Lydia...
Looking for a united approach to end hunger
01/07/2013
Heads of State and Government of African Union Member States, together with representatives of international organizations, civil society organizations, private sector, cooperatives, farmers, youths, academia and other partners have unanimously...
The Brazilian experience
07/06/2013
An approach to development centred on hunger eradication
In the 1930s, Josué de Castro reached the conclusion that hunger in Brazil was the consequence of distortions created by an economic development model...