When it comes to fighting global hunger, many roads lead to Rome.
Three members of the United Nations family — the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Fund for Agricultural Development and World Food Program — are among the Eternal City’s prominent residents. As such, many international conferences on food security, like the July 2011 emergency summit to address the Horn of Africa drought, have taken place here.
Rome is also the base for a number of development NGOs and networks. One of these nonprofits, the Christian charity Community of Sant’Egidio, was founded by Italy’s first minister for international cooperation and integration, Andrea Riccardi.