date:Aug 06, 2013
aled for US$120 million for response to the drought across the Horn of Africa. FAO Member countries elected Jos Graziano da Silva of Brazil as Director-General, to take office in January 2012.
2010
As the worst floods ever to hit Pakistan wiped out seed stores and killed millions of head of livestock, FAO responded with distribution of wheat seed to half a million farming families in time for the planting season. An additional 235 000 families received feed, medicine and shelter for their anima