November 2010 Archives

Back in 2000, FAO designated "Ethics in Food and Agriculture" as a priority area for interdisciplinary action. In recognition of this designation, Dr Jacques Diouf, FAO's Director-General established a Panel of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and Agriculture to advise him on pressing issues of ethics in food and agriculture. The panel of experts identified the fundamental ethical issue for FAO as "to ensure humanity's freedom from hunger and the access of everyone to adequate food" and issued three reports on their deliberations.