Jacques Diouf
Jacques Diouf
Jacques Dioufis a Senegalese diplomat who was Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organizationfrom January 1994 to 31 December 2011. His successor, José Graziano da Silva, was elected in June 2011 and took up his service on 1 January 2012...
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If, as we think, migratory birds will be one of the ways by which avian influenza is spreading around the world, we can expect ... the problem in the Near East, in East and West Africa and naturally in North America and South America,
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We are very anxious because the problem started in November-December of 2003,
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Too much time has gone by and even now we seem to focus more on addressing a possible pandemic which is spread from human to human.
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The question is, what do we do? Do we let things continue or do we change?
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We also would encourage that resources be allocated to compensate those poor farmers -- and most of them are poor farmers -- who are raising these poultry ... and who, if they are not given the right incentive, will tend to hide what is happening,
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We cannot afford to wait to battle the disease in pharmacies and hospitals, ... but need to get rid of the virus in affected farmers' backyards.
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As the world takes prudent measures to prepare for a major human pandemic, greater measures must be taken to stop this disease, in its tracks, at its source, in animals. This is very possible. It can be done,
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None will reach the more ambitious (1996) World Food Summit goal of halving the number of hungry people.
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Developed countries thought that this was going on in Asia, that it was far away and that we were exaggerating the risks of the epidemic.
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Reducing hunger should become the driving force for progress and hope
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Agriculture and intercultural dialogue: our common heritage.
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In terms of the short-term objective [halving world hunger by 2015], the position I have always taken is that we don't need genetically modified organisms.
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Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of adequate insurance coverage from extreme weather events.
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Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.