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3 Jomo Sundaram Assistant DirectorGeneral Economic and Social Development Department FAOCrying crisis prematurely can lead to adverse consequences it is therefore important that responsible leadership be exercised
4 Laurent Thomas Assistant DirectorGeneral Technical Cooperation Department FAOWe Know that high food prices are a threat to poor consumers particularly women and children
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Carina works in the Gender Equity and Rural Employment Division of FAO in RomeCredit Farming Today goes out every weekday on BBC Radio 4 at 0545 14 minutesand at 0635 on Saturdays 22 minutes
More on Desert Locust early warning development forecast and early action with Keith Cressman FAO Senior Locust Forecasting Officer in a recent interview by Deutschlandradio Kultur Germany
Mr Jos Graziano da Silva FAO DirectorGeneral
Mr Angel Gurra OECD SecretaryGeneral
Questions and answers from the press conference Mr Jos Graziano da Silva and Mr Jos ngel Gurra in Spanish
FAO urges governments for sustainable fisheries around the world as marine fish stocks still remain under great pressureThe following audio interviews focus on relevant issues to be discussed during COFI sessionsThe Code of Conduct for responsible fisheries with Matthew Camilleri Fishery Liaison Officer
The Global record with Michele Kuruc Senior Fishery Officer for illegal fishing issues around the world
The International Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable SmallScale Fisheries with Rolf Willmann Senior Fishery Planning Officer Fisheries policy and economics division
Aggrey Mahanjana African Farmers Association of South Africa AFASAPeople involved in farming are usually rural women for whom access to land is still the biggest challenge
Kai Michael Windhorst Unique Landuse GermanyFarmers Cooperatives through NGOs can benefit from good agriculture land management practices
Two FAO Special Ambassadors for Cooperatives Elisabeth Atangana and Roberto Rodrgues were recently appointed with the mandate to promote the role of cooperatives in the fight against hunger The following are examples of cooperatives around the world Robert Carlson President World Farmers Organization WFOCooperatives are important because they empower farmers they give farmers the power in the food chain
Coillard Hamusimbi Zambia National Farmers Union ZNFUIf farmers are not organized in groups clusters or cooperatives they have no input in trying to negotiate for their prices
