Djibouti: UNICEF launches scheme to provide safe drinking water
7 September 2011 –
Pressures on the world’s
limited amounts of soils
available for agriculture together with land degradation are threatening global
food security and imperiling long-tem efforts to avoid
widespread famine, a senior United Nations
official warned today.
“Soil is an
essential component of the world’s production systems and ecosystems,” UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf said, calling for a renewed
international effort to assure sufficient ....
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