UN WFP Secretary-General expresses gratitude, saying, Korea’s rice food aid is the hope for overcoming world hunger

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong holds a bilateral meeting with Secretary-General Cindy McCain on the 30th. Discussion of cooperation in various fields, including food aid and school meal support in developing countries On the 30th, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong met with Cindy H. McCain, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), in Seoul on the 30th and discussed cooperation with the World Food Program in various fields, including rice food aid and support for school meals in developing countries. Plans were discussed. In a meeting that day, Secretary General McCain said, “I am deeply grateful to the Korean government and people for doubling the amount of rice food aid this year at a time when the global food crisis is deepening due to war, disease, and climate change.” “The quality and taste of the rice we sent was excellent, so we received a very good response from the recipient countries,” he ...