USDA Secretary Ed Schafer delivers remarks at UN Food Security Conference.

During the High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, on June 3–5, USDA Secretary Ed Schafer will present the three-pronged U.S. strategy:

• Provide food and other support to people who are hungry now
• Direct development assistance to those countries best able to rapidly increase the production of key food staples that can help feed the hungry
• Encourage action to address multilateral and country-specific policies that prevent access to food and the technologies that produce food

News About the Conference
— A Three-Prong Approach To Combat Rising World Food Prices (USDA Radio News; 06/10/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— Declaration on World Food Security (.pdf; adopted 06/05/08)
— USDA Secretary Schafer Expresses U.S. Support for Declaration Issued During World Food Security Conference (06/05/08)
— Secretary Ed Schafer Holds News Conference Call with Reporters to Discuss the UN FAO Conference (Audio; Transcript; 06/05/08)
— U.S. Agriculture Secretary Says New Technology Boosts Crop Yields (06/05/08)

USDA Secretary Schafer and USAID Administrator Fore speak on biotechnology.

— World Food Security Summit Productive and Engaging (USDA Radio News; 06/05/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— Talk of Biofuels Part of World Food Security Summit (USDA Radio News; 06/05/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— Food Versus Fuel Not Divisive at Summit (USDA Radio News; 06/05/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— USDA Secretary Schafer Clarifies U.S. Position on Biofuels During World Food Security Conference (06/04/08)
— Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer As prepared for delivery at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization High-Level Conference on World Food Security FAO Headquarters Rome (06/03/08)
    — Web cast (audio; .mp3)
— United States and the Philippines Co-Host Panel Discussion on Biotechnology (06/03/08)
— A World Food Crisis and What To Do About It (USDA Radio News; 06/03/08 - real, mp3, wave)

USDA Secretary Schafer in FAO Plenary Hall, June 4, 2008.

— U.S. Approaches Global Food Supply With Three Prongs (USDA Radio News; 06/03/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— Norman Borlaug’s Advice on Food Security and Supply (USDA Radio News; 06/03/08 - real, mp3, wave)
— World Leaders Begin Debate on Crop Use for Biofuels, Food (U.S. Department of State; 06/03/08)
— TRANSCRIPT: Secretary Ed Schafer News Conference, United Nations Food And Agriculture Organization Conference, FAO Headquarters, Viale Delle Terme Di Caracalla, Rome, Italy (06/02/08)
— U.S. Officials to Urge Increased Agriculture Development Aid (U.S. Department of State; 06/02/08)
— Fact Sheet: Promoting Food Security Worldwide: A U.S. Commitment (U.S. Department of State; 05/30/08)
— Schafer Announces Travel To Rome For FAO High-Level Conference On World Food Security (05/29/08)

USDA Secretary Ed Schafer announces details of his trip to Rome to attend the FAO conference on world food security. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore (center) and Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Dr. Mark E. Keenum (right) will travel with Schafer.

    — TRANSCRIPT: Secretary Ed Schafer Pre-Trip Media Availability For United Nations Food And Agriculture Organization June 3 Conference On World Food Security (05/29/08)

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Resources:
— FAO Web Site
— U.S. Mission to the United Nations