Africa: UN-Backed Forum Spotlights Civil Society's Role in Fighting Hunger, Developing Food Policy

11 October 2014

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today kicked-off a two-day meeting focusing on civil society's role in giving a voice to the hungry and how best to improve a multi-stakeholder approach to food security and nutrition policy development at national, regional and global levels.

"Reaching consensus is important because it will make us move faster and because we need results in the short term," said Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General, in his welcoming remarks to participants.

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