Rome, 3 - 5 June 2008

Statement

• Statement of Lennart Båge, President of IFAD to FAO High-level conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy

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Interviews

• Live interview with President Båge by BBC World News on soaring food prices on the occasion of High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy
• Only a few green shoots, Economist, 7-13 June, 2008
• U.N. Food Meeting Ends With a Call for ‘Urgent’ Action, New York Times, 6 June 2008
• Unleash the potential of the world's poor farmers, Globe and Mail, 6 June 2008
• Live interview with Matthew Wyatt, Assistant President External Affairs Department by Al Jazeera on soaring food prices on the occasion of High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy

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Press release and communique

• Boosting Food Production in Africa’s “Breadbasket Areas”
• Press communique on the high-level working dinner co-hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on the World Food Crisis

 

Hot links Supporting smallholders is crucial to food security, Financial Times, 7 July 2008 High-level conference on World Food Security and the Challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy High-level task force on the Global Food Crisis: Draft elements of a comprehensive framework for action Food prices: Smallholders can be part of the solution (factsheet) Soaring food prices and the rural poor: feedback from the field IFAD’s response to rising food and energy prices US$200 million from IFAD to help poor farmers boost food production in face of food crisis Secretary-General's high-level task force on the global food crisis