Acute malnutrition risking 30 million children’s lives: WHO
8 million children severely malnourished; UN agencies call for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable in 15 countries
'Social protection: a safety net for agricultural households'
In the run up to World Food Day on October 16, a Food and Agriculture Organization report focuses on the role of social protection in …
Retail FDI myths
There is no evidence that global retail chains ensure better prices for farmers or help bring down inflation
Bhutan becomes first country to sterilise all stray dogs after 14-year-long project
New report by WHO, FAO & WOAH recommends oral rabies vaccination
Unsafe water stunting growth of Indian children: report
Malnutrition and stunting is higher in the country than in the poorest parts of sub-Saharan Africa, says a report by UNICEF and FAO
Carbon emissions from forests drop by 25 per cent: FAO
Slowdown in deforestation contributes to emission reduction
Monitoring animal health must to prevent Ebola-like outbreaks: FAO
70 per cent of infectious diseases in recent decades have originated in animals
Stilted against South
Climate change could rob developing nations of its food security
New fishing technique improves health safety of African fish processors
Improved design took five years and has been a hit with female workers, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire
Make forestry policies people-centric, says FAO
UN agency’s latest state of the forests report says poverty alleviation and rural employment should be the ulterior driving force in …
Achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
Between 83 million and 132 million people could go hungry in 2020 due to COVID-19, according to the report
9 maps to show how locusts have come to threaten India
Increase in frequency of cyclones results in extended, multiple breeding sessions of locusts
Climate change brings longer spring and autumn to US
Expanding growing season has enabled the forests to store an additional 26 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, say researchers
India emerges as largest buffalo meat exporter
Exports by the country exceeded that of Brazil and Australia last year
International bodies like WHO, FAO join hands at CITES COP19 to curb zoonotic diseases
Zoonoses defined as infectious diseases spread between animals and humans by food, water, fomites or vectors
Family farms are vital to world food security, says FAO report
UN organisation urges public sector to develop family farming as a sustainable source of the world’s food needs
India among top 10 countries gaining forest area in the world: FAO
Half of people employed in forestry in the world are in India
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Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis
From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored
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Conflict and food insecurity: Iraq only one among many
Globally, 33 countries, including 26 in Africa, are in need of external assistance due to a combination of conflict, crop failures and high …
Fatal disconnect
COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks drove 122 million more to hunger since 2019: UN
If trends remain as they were, the UN-mandated Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ending hunger by 2030 will not be reached