World Food Day stresses climate change, bioenergy effects on poor

www.chinaview.cn 2008-10-10 18:25:15

ROME, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Climate change and bioenergy are the focus of this year's World Food Day activities, expected to involve over 150 countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.

FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on Oct. 16, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.

"Global warming is already underway and adaptation strategies are now a matter of urgency, especially for the most vulnerable poor countries. Hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, fishers and forest-dependent people will be worst hit by climate change," said Alexander Mueller, FAO Assistant Director-General for Natural Resources Management and Environment Department.

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