KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is to travel to Rome to accept an award from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) in recognition of St. Vincent and the Grenadines significantly reducing the number of people suffering from undernourishment.
“The Food and Agricultural Organisation, they just sent a letter to us. St. Vincent and the Grenadines … and Guyana are the two CARICOM countries which have satisfied two important tests in relation to undernourishment -- one set by the FAO and one set by the Millennium (Development) Goals of the United Nations General Assembly. Halving the absolute number of persons undernourished and halving the percentage,” Gonsalves said.
He said that in 1992, about one-fifth of the population -- 21,000 people - were undernourished.