联合国粮食及农业组织于2004年2月12～13日在意大利罗马总部主办了全球稻米大会。来自中国、美国、意大利、日本、印度尼西亚、印度、泰国等国家的专家和政府官员代表出席了大会。与会代表就国际稻米市场的现状和发展前景及其对全球粮食安全的影响,如何加强农民种植稻米的积极性,如何应对新经济和政策等给稻米生产带来的新挑战,以及利 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations hosted the Global Rice Conference in Rome, Italy, from February 12 to 13, 2004. Representatives of experts and government officials from China, the United States, Italy, Japan, Indonesia, India, Thailand and other countries attended the conference. Participants on the status of the international rice market and its prospects for development and its impact on global food security, how to enhance farmers’ enthusiasm for planting rice, how to deal with the new challenges brought by the new economy and policies to rice production,