El Nino impact on food security: $160 million needed urgently to support 4.8 million people at risk, says FAO
Releases anticipatory action plan after WMO forecasts El Nino to stay till April 2024
Decade-old FAO guidelines still the way ahead for food security, says report
No consensus at forums like WTO dangerous for international food security, it adds
‘Largest public collection of unique plant germplasm in the world up for private takeover’
Restructuring of CGIAR ‘represents a threat to democratic and local control of food systems’, warns United Nations Special Rapporteur …
FAO claims new platform to help fight food loss, wastage
Global body estimates that 14% of food is lost annually and leads to emission of around 1.5 gigatonnes of CO2
Centre launches pilot project to reduce emissions from agriculture
The project will be implemented in Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttarakhand
COVID-19: Asia-Pacific countries must act against recession-induced hunger
Sub-Saharan Africa, home to the world’s highest hunger rates, must now brace for its first recession in a quarter of a century
UN-backed summit pledges to save oceans, promote 'blue growth', food security
Improved governance, eliminitaion of harmful subsidies on fishing, sharing of knowledge and solutions through information technology are a few …
Africa fights hunger with football, Vietnam aims at ‘zero hunger’ by 2025
Millions of people in Asia and Africa are undernourished and malnourished
Starved of substance
No headway made at World Food Summit in accelerating efforts to eliminate hunger
Finally, microorganisms and pollinators receive much needed support: Technical working group formed by FAO
19th session of Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture held July 17-21, 2023 in Rome to decide on the agenda for next two years
COVID-19 community transmission in 26 of 54 African countries: WHO
Several African countries have a poor healthcare system — about five hospital beds per 10,000 population
First World Food Safety Day to outline sustainable solutions
The United Nations has developed a guide to discuss why food safety is necessary and how it could be achieved
FAO, Swiss Institute team up to fight bird flu and other infectious diseases
Both organisations are developing tools to improve early detection of such pandemics
India less committed to reducing hunger than Nepal or Bangladesh: HANCI report
India ranked 19th among 45 developing countries assessed by UK-based organisation
Global forest product industries recover from recession
India emerges one of the top five forest products consuming countries
One Health: FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH launch research agenda for antimicrobial resistance
Interface addresses global health issues necessitating multisectoral, multidisciplinary response to AMR
Save and Grow: a guide to sustainable cereal production
The technique focuses on conservation agriculture, maintaining soil health, selecting crops with higher yield potential and greater resistance to …
Iraq needs US $38.5 million aid to avert collapse of agriculture sector: FAO
Many of Iraq's water resources, including two great rivers—Tigris and Euphrates—flows through areas that are under IS militants’…
Poor governance, weak institutions threat to agricultural commodity markets: FAO
Ministers have been asked to discuss how commodities should be related to post-2015 development goals
Eat bugs, fight hunger and malnutrition
Beetles, caterpillars, wasps can supplement diets, give nutrition and create employment, says FAO
Meaty tales of vegetarian India
Indians are eating more meat and enjoying it. Higher incomes, global food chains and a vast population of young people indifferent to religious …
34% of environmental indicators under SDGs lack standards
Lack of standards means there is no benchmark from which to calculate the Sustainable Development Goals
Consultation on African Soil Partnership focuses on sustainable soil management
The Food and Agriculture Organization has implemented a number of projects related to sustainable production and better soil management
Pitfalls of a uniform food regime
In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity
Declining food imports by most vulnerable countries a cause for concern: FAO
World food import bill to touch record high, but cost-of-living pressures may persist in 2023