José Graziano da Silva
Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals marks FAO conference's agenda
Ministers, delegates and civil society organizations discussed the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) and their impacts on agricultural and rural development in a round table meeting on May 4 during the 30th U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) in the southern Turkish resort town Antalya.
Global cooperation needed for food security and agriculture amid climate change: FAO Director General
The agenda on food security and agriculture, as well as fight against climate change, hunger and poverty, can only be implemented through a global cooperation, according to the director of The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, José Graziano da Silva.
UN targets zero hunger in a generation as numbers fall
The number of hungry people around the world has dropped below 800 million for the first time since the U.N. started counting, the Food and Agriculture Organization said in an annual report on May 27.
Conflicts pose 'spill-over threat on food security in Middle East'
As record-high food prices and the ongoing influx of Syrian refugees have become outstanding political issues before the upcoming elections in Turkey, United Nations? Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva has warned that escalating conflicts in the neighborhood have threatened food security in the entire Middle East.