World Food Council

To do this, he said, the FAO must work more closely with its Rome-based sister agencies—the World Food Program, the World Food Council and the International Fund for Agricultural Development—traditionally its rivals.

Incoming FAO Chief Says Brazil Program Offers Model for Fighting Global Hunger Caroline Henshaw 2011

World Food Council (WFC) established 17 December 1974; to study world food problems and to recommend solutions; ECOSOC organization; there were 36 members selected on a rotating basis from all regions; subsumed by the World

The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

World Food Council (WFC) established - 17 December 1974 aim - ECOSOC organization that studies world food problems and recommends solutions members - (36) selected on a rotating basis from all regions

The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

World Food Council (WFC) address -- c/o FAO, Via Terme di Caracalla, I-00100 Rome, Italy telephone -- [39] (6) 522821

The 1995 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Other such initiatives in the past - such as the World Food Council and the International Alliance Against Hunger - have failed.

TreeHugger 2009

"There was a lot of scepticism about the idea, as there [sometimes] is about the creation of new structures," said Pat Mooney, the ETC Group's executive director, noting that during the food crisis in the 1970s, the World Food Council had been set up in 1974 and had never really functioned until it was suspended in 1993.

IRIN 2009