Friday 2 December 2011

EU investment in agriculture reaches 22 million people

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Food Program (WFP), have assisted over 22 million people hardest hit by the global food crisis with the help of generous funding from the European Union's Food Facility (EUFF). "In establishing the EUFF, the European Union sent a strong message to both developed and developing countries that it was time to join forces and get agriculture, a sector suffering from decades of underinvestment, back on track in the fight against poverty and hunger," said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf. Read more ...
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