Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Jacques Diouf

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Jacques Diouf

Jacques Diouf was a Senegalese diplomat and the Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) from January 1994 to 31 December 2011. He died on 17 August 2019, 16 days after his 81st birthday.

Born: August 1, 1938
Low-income people everywhere will be at risk of food insecurity due to loss of assets, absence of alternative livelihood options and lack of adequate insurance coverage from extreme weather events.
Agriculture and intercultural dialogue: our common heritage.
In terms of the short-term objective [halving world hunger by 2015], the position I have always taken is that  we don't need genetically modified organisms. — © Jacques Diouf
In terms of the short-term objective [halving world hunger by 2015], the position I have always taken is that we don't need genetically modified organisms.
Hunger is not an issue of charity. It is an issue of justice.
Reducing hunger should become the driving force for progress and hope...
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