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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

Far-Reaching Changes Remake the UN Food and Agriculture Organization

• May 13, 2013

BERLIN — The fight against hunger became a primary goal of the United Nations system early on. In 1943, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened an international conference that reached agreement on the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization, and two years later, on Oct. 16, 1945, only days before the …

Humanitarian Aid, UN Agencies, World Bank

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Fewer People May Be Going Hungry, but Extreme Hunger Persists

Lorraine Boissoneault

• January 21, 2013

With the start of a new year, the eradication of hunger remains one of the world’s biggest challenges. Despite decades of aid work and development, overall world hunger remains at a serious level, and 20 countries have alarming or extremely alarming levels, says the Global Hunger Index for 2012. At the top of the …

Africa, Asia, Climate and Environment, Development, Humanitarian Aid, Women

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