[RED DEMOCRATICA] Africa can end hunger by 2025, FAO's da Silva says

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Equality is needed to stop violence against women, UN's Puri writes Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   July 2, 2013 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Africa can end hunger by 2025, FAO's da Silva says The Millennium Development Goal of halving hunger by 2015 and the newly adopted African goal of ending hunger by 2025 are within reach, says Jose Graziano da Silva, director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Improved access to food, economic growth and increased food production are needed for the goals to be accomplished, he says. 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