FAO would begin by scaling up its support to a number of low-income, food deficit countries, especially those facing prolonged crises, Hunger eradication is the first of five strategic priorities he intended to pursue at FAO, Graziano da Silva said (Photo©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti). The others were: move towards more sustainable systems of food production and consumption; achieve greater fairness in the global management of food; complete FAO's reform and decentralization; and expand South-South cooperation and other partnerships.