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Articles of the author José Graziano da Silva
Regional action on water management
Over the centuries, societies, farmers and communities have developed sustainable practices to cope with insufficient and unpredictable rains and with limited ground water resources. Ingenious solutions have been developed to better conserve and (...)

28 - 03 - 2019
Coping with the world's thirst
When in Egypt, one feels just how dramatically important agriculture has been, and continues to be, for civilisation. Many thousands of years ago, Egypt had already developed skillful uses of the beneficent, nutrient-rich Nile River for irrigation (...)

09 - 03 - 2017
Family farming: nourishing the world
The fight against hunger forges ahead around the world, but with about 805 million people who still do not have enough to eat, a lot more still needs to be done. Sixty-three developing countries have already reached the Millennium Development Goal (...)

16 - 10 - 2014
Food security in a climate of change
Next week, ministers of agriculture from the Near East and North Africa region will meet in Rome for the 32nd session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) regional conference for the Near East, a momentous occasion for the advancement (...)

22 - 02 - 2014
The family farming revolution
Every era has its challenges. And each challenge demands specific responses. In the 1960s, famine threatened South Asia. New high yielding wheat and rice varieties responding well to high levels of fertiliser application and ample water availability (...)

05 - 02 - 2014
An African Horn of plenty
ROME: After six months and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, the famine in Somalia — caused by the worst drought in 60 years — is over. But a wider crisis in Africa continues. In the Horn of Africa — Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, (...)

02 - 03 - 2012
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