Press Release: EU and FAO help six countries achieve the Millennium Development Goal on hunger

On 26 September 2013, less than two years before the deadline set to achieve international development goals, the European Union and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) stepped up their efforts to reduce world hunger assisting two million people in six countries with agricultural development activities worth nearly €60 million.

The funding came from a €1 billion EU initiative that aims to foster speedier progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

ESO: Background information: Speech by President Barroso at the opening of the Special Event on Millennium Development Goals http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-by-president-barroso-at-the-opening-of-the-special-event-on-millennium-development-goals/

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