The Minister of Agriculture Dr. Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is keen to support Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) through the joint contributions of the two sides in the combat of hunger and poverty in the world. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) during the 38th annual conference of FAO currently in progress in Italian capital of Rome , he said that the Kingdom has signed a cooperation agreement with FAO ending in 2016 , including the implementation of 16 joint projects in the Kingdom for the advancement of agriculture and the support of livestock.