20 Quotes by Jacques Diouf

We also would encourage that resources be allocated to compensate those poor farmers -- and most of them are poor farmers -- who are raising these poultry ... and who, if they are not given the right incentive, will tend to hide what is happening,

None will reach the more ambitious (1996) World Food Summit goal of halving the number of hungry people.

If, as we think, migratory birds will be one of the ways by which avian influenza is spreading around the world, we can expect ... the problem in the Near East, in East and West Africa and naturally in North America and South America,

Later, security forces surrounded the building and stormed (it), ... They arrested the man. But unfortunately, we have now a situation with two of our staff dead.

The question is, what do we do? Do we let things continue or do we change?

Too much time has gone by and even now we seem to focus more on addressing a possible pandemic which is spread from human to human.

We cannot afford to wait to battle the disease in pharmacies and hospitals, ... but need to get rid of the virus in affected farmers' backyards.

We are very anxious because the problem started in November-December of 2003,

As the world takes prudent measures to prepare for a major human pandemic, greater measures must be taken to stop this disease, in its tracks, at its source, in animals. This is very possible. It can be done,