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Hanoi to Host FAO Conference

March 9, 2012

The 31st UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) will take place in Hanoi from March 12-16, 2012 according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The event will include 44 FAO member countries in the region and observers from UN organizations, donors and other development partners, as well as inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, civil societies and business sectors. Discussions will focus on food security, rural poverty reduction, regional and global policies and legal issues concerning agriculture and the food situation in the Asia-Pacific, in addition to initiatives from the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and other budget programmes.

See the event announcement at  http://english.vov.vn/Home/Hanoi-to-host-FAO-conference/20122/135239.vov