In the Press Room you will find news releases produced by the Regional Office of FAO, interviews with technical officers from the region and information about upcoming events and current activities, as well as a selection of clipping about FAO from the regional media. For more information, please click here to visit the Press Room in Spanish.
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First shoots of Haiti’s agricultural renaissance
08.20.2009 - A $10.2 million scheme to distribute and multiply quality seeds in Haiti has significantly increased food production in the Caribbean nation providing cheaper food for the population.
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Legislators plegde to fight hunger
02.07.2009 - Legislators from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela,
responding to an invitation for the first preparatory meeting for the
Parliamentary Front Against Hunger.
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"Eat Safely", a campaign to prevent food-borne
diseases
04.03.2009 - Through simple key messages delivered in a variety of visual formats, the campaign targets consumers directly, so they can become the principal guardians of their own health. |
Brazil, Chile and Caricom countries back FAO's
proposal for a World Summit on Food Security action
03.23.2009 - The FAO Director-General stressed that the Summit would reach tangible results by securing broad consensus on the total and rapid eradication of hunger and setting a new world food order. |
| Articles |
Jose Graziano da Silva: Start of Play
08.2009
The crises brought about by the rise in food prices and by the collapse in financial markets and the resulting economic recession have had devastating effects on the poorest people in the world.
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Jose Graziano da Silva: On bonuses and hunger
03.06.2009
Shameful. That is how President Barack Obama described the distribution, in midst of the financial crisis, of 20 billion dollars worth of bonuses for Wall Street bankers..
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