Press Releases - 2008

Rome, Italy, December 15, 2008
Economic crisis threatens "potato boom"

Rome, Italy, December 4, 2008
Farms and forests can fight climate change

Rome, Italy, November 22, 2008
FAO members approve $42.6 million reform plan

Rome, Italy, November 19, 2008
Audio clips: Director General Jacques Diouf addresses 35th Session of the FAO Conference

Rome, Italy, November 6, 2008
Record harvest but troubles loom ahead

Rome, Italy, November 6, 2008
FAO Chief appeals to Obama to help end hunger

Santiago, Chile, November 4, 2008
United Nations Representatives Reaffirm Pledge to Protect Millenium Development Goals and Cooperation for Development

Rome, Italy, 27 October 2008
FAO/IFAD in US$10 million rescue package for farmers in Haiti

Rome, Italy, 7 October 2008
Reviewing biofuel policies and subsidies

Rome, Italy, 18 September 2008
Hunger on the rise

Rome, Italy, 11 September 2008
Urgent UN appeal for hurricane ravaged Haiti

Santiago, Chile, 29 August, 2008
FAO analyzes impact of food price rises in Latin America and the Caribbean


Bogotá, Colombia, 28 July, 2008
"Trees Connecting People: Together for Action": FAO brings experts together in Colombia to promote sustainable urban development

Peru, 21 July, 2008.
FAO responds to "friaje" emergency in Peru

Brasilia, 18 April, 2008.
30th FAO Regional Conference ends in Brasilia

Brasilia, 17 April, 2008.
Decisive Push in Preparation for the FAO Summit on Food Security

Santiago, 16 of April of 2008.
FAO Allies with AFA and PANAFTOSA to fight Trans-boundary Diseases

Brasilia, 15 April, 2008.
Latin America and the Caribbean Hit Hard by Soaring Prices

Brasilia, 13 April, 2008.
FAO and the Millennium Development Goals: Regional Achievements
(information available in spanish)

Brasilia, 12 April, 2008.
Agrarian Reform in the 21st Century: Distributing Land is no longer enough (information available in spanish)

Brasilia, 07 April, 2008
Parallel Meetings to the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean

Santiago Chile, March 19, 2008.
Opportunities and Challenges of Bio-energy for Food Security of Latin America and the Caribbean

Santiago Chile, March 11, 2008.
Ministerial Summit will define FAO priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean


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Year 2009