World cereal supplies expected to be abundant in 2012/13

Smallholders key in feeding growing populations

Accord will help improve quality of FAO emergency assistance in priority areas

On the path to Rio+20, FAO calls for a future with both healthier people and healthier ecosystems

FAO nominates Special Ambassadors for cooperatives

FAO and IIASA launch online Global Agro-ecological Zones Interactive Data Portal

Over 17 million people at risk of hunger

FAO and Brazil look to adapt successful Programa Cozinha Brasil program overseas

Joint programme aims to increase food production, protect natural resources

Countries also call on FAO to develop a regional trust fund for food security

By José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General, Kanayo F. Nwanze, IFAD President, and Ertharin Cousin, WFP Executive Director

Over $66 million for FAO technical assistance projects

Aim to advance food security in region

Soil carbon assessment is key to reducing emissions

Measures enhancing food security to be considered

Historic international agreement on how tenure and access rights to natural resources key to food production should be handled

Risk of losing window of opportunity

Improved supplies, strong demand seen this year

Controlling animal movements key to stopping further spread in the region as vaccines remain in short supply

FAO to help draft details of proposal