Tag: Jose Graziano da Silva

• Friday, June 5th 2015 - 03:28 UTC

  FAO conference to recognize efforts in lowering hunger and elect Director General

  

  Some 130 ministers, 12 heads of state or government, including presidents from Argentina and Chile, Cristina Fernandez and Michelle Bachelet, plus numerous other high-level government representatives will be converging on Rome this week for the 39th session of FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) governing Conference (6-13 June).

• Saturday, May 10th 2014 - 00:45 UTC

  Latam and Caribbean committed to eradicate hunger in the region by 2025

  

  Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have advanced a robust agenda aimed at achieving the eradication of hunger in the region, during a major FAO meeting which concluded on Friday in Chile.

• Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 18:40 UTC

  'Andean super crop' quinoa opens the way for the UN Year of Family Farming

  

  Increased production and consumption of quinoa, coupled with higher visibility of and greater scientific knowledge about the so-called “Andean super crop” is the legacy left to the world by the International Year of Quinoa 2013, the closing ceremonies of which were held in Bolivia and Peru.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 21:30 UTC

  Latinamerica and Mercosur, priorities of Brazil foreign policy ratifies Rousseff

  

  President Dilma Rousseff ratified Latinamerica and Mercosur as Brazil’s foreign policy priorities, but at the same time emphasizing the ‘excellent relations’ with the United States and the European Union.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazil-FAO sign agreement for cotton expertise transfer to small farmers in Africa

  

  A 20 million dollars agreement signed Wednesday by the United Nations and Brazil will seek to transfer the expertise of the South American country to support cotton farmers in developing economies.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 09:29 UTC

  With hunger, the only acceptable number is ”zero”

  

  By Jose Graziano da Silva, Director General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Achieving the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the prevalence of hunger in the world by 2015 is still within reach, but a strong, sustained acceleration of efforts is needed. Progress made in the fight against hunger since the middle of the last decade has lost steam, and it is time to regain momentum.

• Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Argentina pledges to increase corn exports to help ease tight global markets

  

  Argentina pledges to export an extra 2.75 million tons of corn from its 2011-12 harvest to a total of 16.45 million tons helping to ease tight international markets after this summer's drought in the US damaged crops there and fuelled fears of a food crisis.

• Friday, September 7th 2012 - 06:25 UTC

  FAO says global food prices remained steady in August, but “the game is not over”

  

  Global food prices remained steady in August, the United Nations food agency said Thursday, but warned that “the game is not over” as it was only the beginning of the harvest season.

• Friday, July 6th 2012 - 01:55 UTC

  FAO food price index down in June but rebound anticipated for July

  

  FAO Food Price Index fell for the third consecutive month in June 2012, dipping 1.8% from May to its lowest level since September 2010. The four-point drop in June brought the index to 201 points from a revised level of 205 points in May 2012.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 19:37 UTC

  FAO underlines importance of agriculture to address world’s environmental challenge

  

  Agriculture is part of the solution to the world's environmental challenge and must play a key role at next June's Rio summit on sustainable development, the Brazilian head of the UN food agency said this week.