[Wigsat-l] From Pambazuka News

[Sophia Huyer]

IBERIA: PRESIDENT'S EFFORTS HONOURED
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=29226

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has  
bestowed this year's Ceres Medal to Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf- 
Johnson for her work in promoting food security and agricultural  
development. At the 6 December ceremony in the northern Liberian town  
of Voinjama, Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General, the West African  
nation has prioritized bolstering agriculture as part of its  
development efforts, despite the degradation of the farming sector  
following two wars.
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