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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

FAO's mission relating to youth is to assist member countries worldwide to strengthen and expand programmes for rural young people where such programmes exist, and to help establish new ones where they do not. These are generally non-formal education programmes for out-of-school rural youth that play an important role in building the life skills of individual young people, strengthening families and communities, and working towards sustainable agricultural and rural development that will be a major contributor to the overall progress of a country. In the light of the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome, FAO is beginning a new initiative to mobilize young people in support of the Rome Declaration for Food Security, which will contribute to the goal of reducing the number of food-insecure people to 400 million by the year 2015.

Contact:

Mr. R. William
Seiders
Agricultural
Training and Extension Officer
Rural Youth FAO,
SDR
Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
room D-404
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy

Tel.: (39-6) 57 05 36 15

Fax: (39-6) 57 05 31 52

E-mail: william.seiders@fao.org