date:Jun 13, 2012
That means that we should expect a reduction in the number of hungry people in the world in 2012, said Graziano da Silva.
However, he warned that the food security situation in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa was still in a critical state.
The FAO chief praised the response of the international community to the recent famine in Somalia, but said gains in Somalia are still fragile and a sustained effort was needed to prevent a repetition.
In Somalia, a combination of good rains and coordina