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New FAO chief targets global hunger

The new head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says while

global food prices will not decline in 2012, they should not increase as much as in the past couple of years. Brazilian Jose Graziano da Silva is the new Director-General of the FAO, he says continuing economic instability will temper food price inflation but also push more people into hunger.

The FAO’s Global Food Price Index hit an all-time high last February but has backed-off since as crops improved and global economic turmoil pushed demand lower.

Graziano da Silva has made elimination of hunger and undernourishment his top priority as Director-General. The organization estimates 1 billion people suffer from chronic hunger in the world.