FAO, USDA Agreed to Support Sustainable Global Agric
March 23, 2007| |
The United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently signed an agreement that will strengthen cooperation between the two in their bid to support the development of a sustainable global agriculture system. Under the terms of the framework agreement, USDA funds and resources, including human resources, can be mobilized to support FAO projects promoting sustainable agricultural development and the attainment of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals in developing countries. The agreement was signed by FAO Director-General Dr Jacques Diouf and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns.
Read the news release at http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2007/1000509/index.html.
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