National Geographic/FAO: Raising awareness on hunger and nutrition

The FAO and National Geographic partnership envisages cooperation, a regular dialogue and access to FAO expertise, knowledge exchange, content-sharing, cross promotion, joint activities and participation at events and on publishing platforms.



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Supporting family farms key for healthy food systems

While substantial progress has been made in the fight against hunger in recent years, more than 800 million people remain hungry and efforts need to be increased to reach the global target of cutting the percentage of hungry people in half by 2015, said FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva in his opening remarks at the annual World Food Day ceremony, held at FAO Headquarters in Rome.



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Putting family farmers first to eradicate hunger

Nine out of 10 of the world’s 570 million farms are managed by a family, making the family farm a crucial agent of change in pursuing sustainable food security and eradicating hunger in the future, according to a new U.N. report released today. Family farms produce about 80 percent of the world’s food. Their prevalence and output mean they “are vital to the solution of the hunger problem” afflicting more than 800 million people, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva wrote in the introduction to FAO’s new State of Food and Agriculture 2014 report.



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Principles for responsible agriculture and food investments are approved

Governments from around the world today approved a landmark set of principles meant to guide investment in agriculture and food systems around the world, aimed at assuring that cross-border and corporate investment flows lead to improved food security and sustainability and respect the rights of farm and food workers.



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PRO/MBDS> Dengue - China: Guangxi Zhuang

Dengue -- Worldwide/Unknown

South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reported 453 cases of dengue as of [Sun 12 Oct 2014], local health authorities said on [Mon 13 Oct 2014].

No deaths have been reported in the region so far, according to the provincial health and family planning commission.

The cities of Nanning and Wuzhou have reported local cases, while other cities reported infections contracted elsewhere.

The total number of cases in China has now exceeded 30 000, according to an earlier



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China pledges $50 million in support of South-South cooperation on agricultural development

China has announced a $50 million donation to FAO to support the Organization's program of "South-South cooperation" to improve food security and promote sustainable agricultural development over the next five years.



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Partnerships are crucial to fighting malnutrition

Marking the first in a series of three public discussions leading up to the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) in November, Nancy Stetson, US Special Representative for Global Food Security, stressed the importance of partnerships at a US-led Dialogue on Nutrition.



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