Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment

81. In March, UNU, in cooperation with the Central Food Technology Research Institute of India and the Indian Ministry of Food Processing Industries, organized the International Conference on Traditional Foods.

In addition to the food sector, WFP also participates in logistics, communications, security and field coordination.

The sector specific services are intended to meet the requirements of the food and non food agricultural processing industries.

48. In the period from January to May 1998, WFP northern sector pre positioned and distributed 15,200 metric tonnes of food assistance.

It is reported that the grain production situation in Jilin this year is generally stable, the demand of grain market has increased due to some grain processing enterprises increased production capacity and operating rates.

WFP northern sector food assistance reached an average of 148,000 beneficiaries each month.

The guidelines of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on food stock control have been targeted at avoiding the potential accumulation of surplus stocks which could lead to food obsolescence, pilferage and spoilage.

164. Programmes for food distribution to organized women apos s groups through the National Office for Food Aid (ONAA), currently part of PRONAA.

Edward was a big noise in the Ministry of Food during the war.

Food aid is viewed at WFP as a means to achieve food security.

Bearing in mind the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the Plan of Action of the World Food Summit,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the World Food Summit, 13 17 November 1996 (WFS 96 REP), part one, appendix.

Bearing in mind the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the World Food Summit, 13 17 November 1996 (WFS 96 REP), part one, appendix.

10. World Food Programme (WFP)

299. Concerning sub question (b) By order of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry, the German Food Society works out a food report at four year intervals which consolidates the relevant data.

INFOODS International Network of Food Data Systems

38. The following violations of privileges and immunities of WFP staff members have been reported to WFP headquarters

Bearing in mind the Rome Declaration on World Food Security and the World Food Summit Plan of Action,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the World Food Summit, 13 17 November 1996 (WFS 96 REP), part one, appendix.

An inter ministerial commission on food aid has been established, with the assistance of international food agencies and donors, to identify the areas that are most likely to be vulnerable to food shortages.

WFP has correspondingly increased food distribution, delivering food assistance to over 1 million beneficiaries in July and increasing the number of food drop locations in the region.

(d) Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP)

(g) Measures to promote an equitable distribution of total food resources

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Islamabad, Pakistan.

For example, WFP procures in Turkey the majority of food aid to assist Iraq, and also uses transport facilities available in the region for mobilizing food aid.

Rational distribution of food was in the hands of the Ministry of Procurement and Food Administration, a structure which had no equivalent in most other countries.

Needs and rights relating to food and food security

In order to improve food security, especially in some developing countries that remain food insecure, there is a need to significantly increase food supply and improve food distribution through more sustainable agricultural systems.

The World Food Programme (WFP) was in the forefront of mobilizing and distributing food to some 50,000 earthquake victims.

Mr. Jacques Diouf, Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), welcomed participants at the FAO headquarters.

Fifty per cent of the overall WFP expenditure for food transport was spent in Africa.

(i) Food production

(iii) Food distribution

WFP will provide the returnees with a three month food ration as well as non food items.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) identified vulnerable non refugee beneficiaries for targeted support in food insecure areas.

Both USDA and IFDA agreed to use the International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS) tag names, which would permit free exchange of data with other regional and national databases in the INFOODS system.

The right to adequate food is not simply a matter of the abundance of food, but also of its quality.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the World Food Summit, 13 17 November 1996 (WFS 96 REP), part one, appendix.

In the same period, WFP southern sector delivered 11,433 metric tonnes of food aid to an average of 383,600 beneficiaries each month.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and NEPAD jointly carried out a study on national food reserve systems in Africa and how they could be improved to better contribute to improving food security and coping capacities for dealing with food crises.

In accordance with a contingency plan to guarantee food security, the World Food Programme (WFP), in cooperation with the Government, has begun to put in place strategic food reserves supplied by local purchase of rice from surplus production areas.

In Sierra Leone, WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) led development of the first food security strategy for the Government.

These clubs are presently administered by PRONAA (National Programme for Food Aid).

And during harvest, put it back with interest, food interest.

Desertification contributed to poverty, hunger, disease and food insecurity.

Food science and technology at the National Food Research Institute, Japan (5)