Josette Sheeran talks on the winning of da Silva as the new UNFAO Director General

In line with the winning of Jose Graziano da Silva of Brazil as the new Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran sends her congratulatory message to new FAO head.

"I would like to congratulate Jose Graziano da Silva on his election as the new Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Brazil has achieved so much in alleviating hunger and malnutrition through innovative programmes in recent years, and it is fitting that a Brazilian national is taking the helm of the FAO at a time of huge challenges and threats to global food security.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is working closely and collaboratively with the FAO, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to address immediate hunger needs in emergencies, and to support long-term sustainable solutions to hunger.

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran congratulates the winners of World Food Prize

Josette Sheeran

United Nation World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Josette Sheeran gives her warm congratulatory message to President John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil on winning the highly respected World Food Prize. The said announcement was done last June 21 at Washington USA in line with the recognition of individuals fighting hunger at home and abroad. The said prize is in its 25th year and created by Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug. And for the first time the recognition was given to national leaders like Presidents Kufuor and Lula who played a very important role in combating hunger in their country.

President John Kufuor of Ghana has been a long standing supported of WFP and appointed as Ambassador Against Hunger since 2009. In his term as president of Ghana he improved food security and reduced hunger through public and private sector initiatives. He also targets the issue of malnutrition in his country which all his efforts were recognized internationally.