THE WORLD FOOD DAY: "FOOD" FOR THOUGHT

October 16 each year is the World Food Day, a commemoration of a day that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded in 1945. The theme for 2007 is "The Right to Food".

To mark this day, may I invite you to read the article (see an extract below) by Mr Atugonza Bilaro, a colleague of mine and graduate student at Sokoine University of Agriculture. The article "New approaches for marginal and food-insecure areas: The need for innovative, concerted action", appears in the Agriculture and Rural Development newsletter, Volume 14 No 1/2007.

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