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José Graziano da Silva

José Graziano da Silva is Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Commentaries by José Graziano da Silva

  • Newsart for The End of Hunger and Malnutrition

    The End of Hunger and Malnutrition

    ROME – Sometimes something happens that can have a fundamental impact on mankind, but passes largely unnoticed at the time. Such an event oc…

  • Newsart for An African Horn of Plenty

    An African Horn of Plenty

    ROME – After six months and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, the famine in Somalia – caused by the worst drought in 60 years – is …

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Recent comment received by José Graziano da Silva

  • The End of Hunger and Malnutrition

    Philip Palij: We all know the eradication of the worlds hunger and malnutrition should be an overriding priority. Indeed this is the aspiration of choice for many well fed and relatively wealthy members of western …

  • The End of Hunger and Malnutrition

    Gunnar Rundgren: I certainly agree with this. The focus has been too much on technology in agriculture, while poverty and hunger has mainly other causes. Poverty is rather a cause for low production than the other way…