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TASS and FAO to raise awareness on food security, safety and nutrition
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Moscow
June 26 , 2015
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The Russian news agency TASS and FAO have agreed to work together to
raise public awareness on issues related to food security, food safety
and nutrition.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining the
collaboration was signed on Wednesday at TASS' headquarters in Moscow by
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of UN)director-general Jose
Graziano da Silva and TASS chief executive officer Sergei Mikhailov.
"By
signing this memorandum we have made one more important step towards
meeting our global targets," said Graziano da Silva at the signing
ceremony. "We share the same vision with TASS that providing access to
reliable information is a powerful tool in providing food security and
sustainable development. I look forward to a long-term and fruitful
collaboration between FAO and TASS."
"We highly appreciate the
memorandum signed today. We believe that the problem of food security,
which FAO is trying to solve, is extremely important," said Mikhailov.
The
new partnership agreement aims to foster the production and
dissemination of Russian-language news and information related to hunger
eradication, food security, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries,
forestry, climate change and sustainable development. When reporting on
these issues, TASS' journalists will tap into FAO's expertise and
analysis and the organisation's latest food and agricultural statistics,
trends and infographics.
TASS has been Russia's leading news
agency since 1904. It delivers more than 100 news products covering
political, economic, social, cultural and sports events at home and
around the globe. The TASS network consists of 70 regional centres and
offices in Russia and 68 foreign bureaus in 63 countries.
Over
the past several years FAO has signed partnership agreements with a
number of news organisations around the globe in order to raise public
awareness of hunger and agricultural development issues. This includes
Spain's EFE news agency, the Emirates News Agency (WAM), The
International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), Inter Press
Service (IPS), National Geographic Magazine, and the Thompson Reuters
Foundation.
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