On World Food Day, UN focuses on agricultural cooperatives to end global hunger

16 October 2012 – Amid economic crises, climatic shocks, and high and volatile food prices in a world of plenty where nearly 870 million people still go hungry, the United Nations today marked World Food Day by highlighting agricultural cooperatives as vital weapon in the war on poverty and hunger. - On World Food Day, UN focuses on agricultural --- UN agencies urge concerted effort against global