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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
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NGOs and civil society organizations
Working together with IFAD and WFP
Newsroom
Seed stocks in Liberia seriously decimated after many years of war
FAO calls for $2 million to supply 70 000 farm families with rice seeds and tools
New hunger maps released
FAO pinpoints distribution of chronic undernutrition within countries
New Zealand PM Helen Clark receives Ceres Medal
For her commitment to promoting food security and international partnership
Desert Locust threat growing
FAO Locust Group publishes new report
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A female locust about to lay eggs
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Focus on the Issues
Putting mountain development on the map
Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption becomes a global priority
FAO: Serving its members
Meetings
FAO Council
Rome, 26-28 November 2003
FAO Conference
Rome, 29 November-10 December 2003
FAO Council
Rome, 11 December 2003
World Agricultural
Information Centre
World Food Summit 1996
Selected Key Programmes
SPFS
: Special Programme for Food Security
EMPRES
: Emergency Prevention System for Transboundary Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases
GIEWS
: Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture
TCE
: Emergency Relief and Rehabilitation
Current Special Initiatives
International Mountain Day
2004 - International Year of Rice
2003 - International Year of Freshwater
Spearheading Regional Food Security
FAO Trust Fund for Food Security
XII World Forestry Congress
Foot-and-mouth disease
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