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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2009 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today said that he will attend the Group of Eight (G8) Agricultural Ministerial in Treviso, Italy, April 18-20.

"Hunger and malnutrition afflict more than one billion people around the world, causing human suffering, political instability and economic stagnation," said Vilsack. "This ministerial affirms our strong commitment to global food security and provides a unique opportunity to work with other agriculture ministers in developing a shared strategy to deal with food security issues."    » read more »

July 17, 2008 -- At the 1996 World Food Summit (WFS) in Rome, the United States and more than 180 world leaders pledged to halve the total number of undernourished people worldwide from the 1990 level---a commitment that they reaffirmed in 2000 when they established the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), which included a target to halve the proportion or the percentage of the world's population that is undernourished by 2015.    » read more »

20 November 2007 -- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says using more energy from wood could cut greenhouse gases and reduce poverty.

High oil prices, the need for secure energy supplies, and worries about climate change are all increasing interest in bio-fuels, including wood.

But Tuesday's FAO report cautions that growing demand for the world's most important bio-fuel might also lead to deforestation and other problems if not managed in a sustainable way.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The American Red Cross and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have announced the launch of a new partnership to support the recovery of fishing communities in Indonesia's Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province affected by the 2004 tsunami.    » read more »