José Graziano da Silva

José Graziano da Silva (born November 17, 1949) is an American-born Brazilian agronomist and writer. As a scholar, he has authored several books about the problems of agriculture in Brazil. Between 2003 and 2004, Graziano served in the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cabinet as Extraordinary Minister for Food Security, being responsible for implementing the Fome Zero (Zero Hunger) program, which took 28 million people out of the national poverty line during the 8 years of the Lula administration. On June 26, 2011, Graziano was elected Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), becoming the first Latin American ever to hold the position. After his first term from 1 January 2012 to 31 July 2015, Graziano da Silva was re-elected for a second 4 year-term (1 August 2015 to 31 July 2019) during FAO's 39th Conference.

Biography

Graziano was born on November 17, 1949 in Urbana, Illinois. His parents were Brazilians of Italian origin (from the Calabria region). Therefore, he has triple citizenship: Brazilian, American (by jus soli) and Italian.

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AfDB and FAO team up to end hunger and malnutrition

Ghana Business News 29 Aug 2018

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva signed the agreement, which builds on a longstanding collaboration between their organizations, at the UN Agency’s Rome headquarters ... rural jobs are created for the continent’s growing population,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva....

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Sierra Leone News: AfDB, FAO to raise $100m to end hunger, malnutrition over five years

Awoko 28 Aug 2018

AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva signed the agreement at the UN agency’s Rome headquarters ... and poverty in Africa and to ensure that enough food is produced and that enough rural jobs are created for the continent’s growing population,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva....

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Sierra Leone Business: A huge potential to address unemployment

Awoko 27 Aug 2018

“We need to take action to make agriculture more attractive to young people,” underscored José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at the Youth Employment in Agriculture Conference last Friday 24 August 2018, in Kenya ... Growing population means growing food demands, Graziano da Silva noted that due to ......

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‘Think beyond farm jobs’ to reach sustainable development, UN agriculture chief advises African youth

United Nations 20 Aug 2018

“We need to take action to make agriculture more attractive to young people,” underscored José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at the Youth Employment in Agriculture Conference in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda ... Graziano da Silva’s remarks came at the opening of the two-day event, which is ......

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[Photos] l'ONU prête main forte au Niger pour vaincre la faim

All Africa 18 Aug 2018

Il s’agit de José Graziano da Silva, directeur général de l’Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), de Gilbert Houngbo, Président du Fonds international pour le développement agricole (FIDA) et de Davis Beasley, directeur exécutif du Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) ... par exemple expliqué José Graziano da Silva....

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To beat hunger and combat climate change, world must ‘scale-up’ health of its soils – UN

United Nations 13 Aug 2018

“Soil degradation affects food production, causing hunger and malnutrition, amplifying food-price volatility, forcing land abandonment and involuntary migration-leading millions into poverty,” said José Graziano da Silva, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organizaation (FAO), in a video message noting that approximately one-third of the Earth’s soil is degraded....

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Sierra Leone News: Time is running out for the world’s forests – FAO

Awoko 08 Aug 2018

Time is running out for the world’s forests, whose total area is shrinking by the day, warns a new FAO report urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach to benefit both trees and those who rely on them ... “Forests are critical to livelihoods,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva in a statement ... For example, more than 56% of paper is recycled today, up from less than a quarter in 1970 ... ZJ/9/7/18 ... ....

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Sierra Leone News: Fishing is key in fight against global hunger

Awoko 20 Jul 2018

“The fisheries sector is crucial in meeting FAO’s goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition, and its contribution to economic growth and the fight against poverty, is growing,” said José Graziano da Silva, FAO’s Director-General ... The fisheries sector is crucial in meeting FAO’s goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition – FAO chief, José Graziano da Silva....

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One-third of global fisheries operating at biologically unsustainable levels

Mongabay 20 Jul 2018

“The fisheries sector is crucial in meeting FAO’s goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition, and its contribution to economic growth and the fight against poverty is growing,” FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said in a statement....

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New UN agriculture agency report underscores value of fishing in fight against global hunger

United Nations 09 Jul 2018

"The fisheries sector is crucial in meeting FAO's goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition, and its contribution to economic growth and the fight against poverty, is growing," said José Graziano da Silva, FAO’s Director-General ... The fisheries sector is crucial in meeting FAO's goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition - FAO chief, José Graziano da Silva ... da Silva continued....

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One in three fish caught never makes it to the plate – UN report

The Guardian 09 Jul 2018

In contrast, the amount of wild caught fish has barely changed since the late 1980s and a third of commercial fish species are overfished, the FAO says ... “Since 1961 the annual global growth in fish consumption has been twice as high as population growth, demonstrating that the fisheries sector is crucial in meeting the FAO’s goal of a world without hunger and malnutrition,” said José Graziano da Silva, FAO director general ... .......

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Forests ‘essential’ for the future, UN agriculture chief spells out in new report

United Nations 06 Jul 2018

SDGs. Time is running out for the world’s forests, warns a new report by the United Nations agriculture agency, urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach to benefit both trees and those who rely on them ... “Forests are critical to livelihoods” said José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ... Forests are critical to livelihoods – José Graziano da Silva, FAO Director-General....

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Poorer countries set to be “increasingly dependent” on food imports, says UN food agency report

United Nations 03 Jul 2018

Economic Development ... "The Green Revolution of the last century largely increased the world's capacity to feed itself but now we need a sustainability revolution," said José Graziano da Silva, Director General, Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), presenting the report with Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ... da Silva ... Home page ....

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