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			First farm-to-farm picture of China FAO's Economics homepage relaunched ProFile: Hot on the trail of India's desert locusts PhotoFile: Malnutrition and hunger FactFile: Hunger and developing world
			World Food Day -- prospects for global food security FAO's Special Programme for Food Security Nepal farmers tap irrigation
		World Food Summit: A new version of the draft policy declaration and plan of action for the World Food Summit (CFS 96/22/2/Sup.1 Rev. 1), reflecting the most recent intergovernmental negotiations, can now be downloaded. World Food Summit Fact Sheets - the issues at a glance
			New desert locust sightings Cereal production recovery on track New Global Terrestrial Observing System launched Dangerous pesticides removed from Yemen



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