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The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (IYP) (A/RES/68/231).The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been nominated to facilitate the implementation of the Year in collaboration with Governments, relevant organizations, non-governmental organizations and all other relevant stakeholders.

Presented by John McDermot, IFPRI, at Agri4D 2015. 

The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, has said that agribusiness can curb unemployment among youth and to attract more young people to the sector, the 'Farming is Cool Rwanda' project was launched last week that is set to empower Rwanda's youth through a agribusiness.

presented by Benjamin Davis, FAO for the World Food Day 2015 in Sweden

Presented by Torsten Wetterblad, Sida at the World Food Day 2015 event in Sweden

Presented by Svetlana Boincean, IUF at the World Food Day 2015 event in Sweden

Melinda Fones Sundell blog from the 2nd Global Food Security Conference in Cornell.

Melinda Fones Sundell blog from the 2nd Global Food Security Conference in Cornell.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945 and celebrates its 70 years anniversary today at the World Food Day 2015. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are leading the celebration.