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FAO sets up food-security trust fund

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    The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has set up a trust fund to help countries sustain food production and strengthen surveillance and control of transboundary animal diseases, FAO reported on Wednesday. The initial target of the FAO Trust Fund for Food Security and for Emergency Prevention of Transboundary Pests and Diseases of Animals and Plants, is US $500 million. It is to be financed by voluntary contributions from governments, IGOs, NGOs, the private sector and other sources.
    [For more information see
    http://www.fao.org/news/2001/010704-e.htm]

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