BRAZIL Projeto Fome

On his election as President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced his intention to give the highest priority to the eradication of hunger through the implementation of Projeto Fome Zero (PFZ). The Director-General of FAO, in congratulating him on his election victory, agreed to the President-Elect’s request that an FAO technical team visit Brazil to work with the Transition Team in reviewing the proposed project and in defining how the Organization could support its operationalisation through the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS). Subsequently, the leader of the PFZ component of the Transition Team requested both the IDB and the WB to assign staff to the team with the aim of ensuring a well-coordinated interagency response to the Project. The members of the Joint Working Group formed by staff of the three international institutions and representatives of the Transition Team are listed in Annex 1.