UN AGRICULTURAL AGENCY HAILS 'HISTORIC' NEW COMMITMENT TO END HUNGER IN AFRICA BY 2025

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Date: 1 Feb 2014 12:00:00 -0500
Subject: UN AGRICULTURAL AGENCY HAILS 'HISTORIC' NEW COMMITMENT TO END
HUNGER IN AFRICA BY 2025
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UN AGRICULTURAL AGENCY HAILS 'HISTORIC' NEW COMMITMENT TO END HUNGER
IN AFRICA BY 2025New York, Feb 1 2014 12:00PMThe head of the United
Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has welcomed a
breakthrough commitment by African leaders to end hunger on the
continent by 2025, and has pledged the UN's support as they work to
"transform vision into reality."
"This is the first time in history that African leaders have made such
a strong pledge to eliminate hunger and it is also a show of
confidence that, working together, we can win the fight against hunger
in Africa in our lifetimes," FAO Director-General José Graziano da
Silva <"http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/213205/icode/">said
yesterday after African Union (AU) member States officially adopted
the target at the AU Summit under way in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
"Africa is witnessing economic growth of unprecedented proportions,
but it is also the only continent in the world where the total number
of hungry people has gone up since 1990," he said, underscoring that:
"The challenge now is to transform the vision of a food-secure Africa
into reality by tackling the multiple causes of hunger."
"Investing in agriculture, creating safety nets and social protection
for the poor, guaranteeing the right of access to land and water
resources and targeting small-holder famers and young people will be
key," Mr. Graziano da Silva, adding that FAO would continue to support
Africa in its efforts to eradicate hunger.
The 2025 target was initially hashed out at a high-level meeting on
food security in Africa organized by the AU, Brazil's Lula Institute -
headed by former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - and
FAO in Addis Ababa in July 2013.
Governments, international organizations, civil society and the
private sector agreed on the target as a means of promoting concrete
actions that build upon the momentum of the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP).
Mr. Graziano da Silva also highlighted the leadership of the AU
Commission and Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma in taking this
process forward, calling the measure a "fully Africa-owned effort."
According to FAO, 11 African countries have already met the first
Millennium Development Goal (MDG) hunger target to reduce by half the
proportion of hungry people between 1990 and 2015: Algeria, Angola,
Benin, Cameroon, Djibouti, Ghana, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and
Príncipe, and Togo.
"This is clear evidence that African countries are moving in the right
direction," Graziano da Silva said.
Three countries - Djibouti, Ghana, and Sao Tome and Principe - have
also met the even more ambitious 1996 World Food Summit goal to reduce
by half the total number of hungry.
The new 2025 AU target aligns the continent with the Zero Hunger
Challenge launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012.
Feb 1 2014 12:00PM
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