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Spainish football player Raul Gonzalez (C), who plays for Schalke 04, EU international cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis response commissioner Kristalina Georgieva (L) and EU education, culture, multilingualism and youth commissioner Androulla Vassiliou (R) throw a red ball as they present on February 28, 2012 at EU headquarters in Brussels a program of the European Commission, European Professional Football Leagues and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to fight hunger in the Sahel region.
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Continued civil unrest in the Syrian Arab Republic since mid-March 2011 has raised serious concern over the state of food security, particularly for vulnerable groups
It focuses on the attention to the country and the entire world on the importance of fresh water resources in all lives while the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has reported that food production in the world has improved as a result of expanded irrigation practices in various countriesMore quotes »
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