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Via Campesina warns about the governments´ pressure to dismantle FAO. International peasant movement, Via Campesina, issued a statement indicating that the main donor countries of Food and Agriculture Organization are pushing to reduce the mandate of FAO and to skip any reference to fundamental human rights. In addition, these governments would also be pushing FAO to stop managing projects in developing countries. Main donor countries, among them Candada, Australia, Japan, UK, US and Germany aim at redirecting those funds towards a separate “trust fund”, “where donors directly decide which country will receive funds and for what purpose”, states the communique.

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