Developed countries thought that this was going on in Asia, that it was far away and that we were exaggerating the risks of the epidemic.
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If each of the developing regions continues to reduce hunger at the current pace, only South America and the Caribbean will reach the Millennium Development Goal target of cutting the proportion of hungry people by half,
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A strategic alliance between India, China and FAO supported by other committed countries to eradicate hunger in the world within the next 10 years is simply not a dream, although the greatest achievements of mankind started with dreams.
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Agriculture and intercultural dialogue our common heritage.
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