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    27TH EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF UN FAO HELD IN YEREVAN

    NOYAN TAPAN
    MAY 14, 2010
    YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The 27th Europe and Central Asia regional
    conference of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) started
    in Yerevan on May 13. Representatives of 53 FAO member states and
    Europe-based organizations are participating in the conference. RA
    Deputy Minister of Agriculture Samvel Avetisian was elected chairman
    of the conference.

    FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said in his speech that at the
    World Food Summit held in 1996, the heads of states and governments
    pledged to halve the number of people suffering from hunger worldwide
    by 2015. However, the latest data shows that the current situation
    is more alarming than it was in 1996. In his words, the number of
    those suffering from hunger has grown in recent years due to a sharp
    increase in agricultural product prices and a reduction in investments
    made in agriculture, coupled with the financial and economic crisis.

    According to the speaker, in 2008-2009 the number of people suffering
    from hunger grew by 105 million to 1 billion worldwide.
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