How will the drought in India affect food prices worldwide?
Cristina Coslet is Country Monitor, Far East Asia at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Nobel Laureates pitch in for a hunger-and-violence-free world
Four Nobel Laureates will advise the FAO on ways to strengthen the link between peace and food security to promote sustainable development
After last year’s drought, food production in Syria sees a boost this year
Good rains have improved production, but it still is not close to pre-crisis levels, say UN agencies
UN food agency launches digital platform on family farming
The move will allow governments to build stronger policies in favour of family farmers across the world
Equal rights
The largest collection of germplasm in the world will be handed over to the Food and Agriculture Organisation to ensure equal accessibility
Uncertainty increases over convention terms
As it comes under increasing scrutiny, the biodiversity convention signed last year is proving to be neither good nor bad -- just uncertain. Key …
Peru’s small-scale farmers need help to recover from damage triggered by coastal El Niño
About 7,000 farmers need help to restore their capacity to produce food, FAO states
Book says climate change will affect global food security and trade
In several regions of the world, water scarcity will reduce the capacity to grow crops
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Fishy depictions
Exaggerated reporting about fish catches has painted a false picture of the oceans' health
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Agrifood companies’ efforts to become carbon neutral uneven, says report
Both, farmers and agribusinesses face barriers to carbon neutrality; also, consumers are often unwilling to pay a premium for carbon-neutral …
FAO focuses on heat stress protection measures for agriculture, forestry workers
Emphasising that dehydration leads to productivity declines, a report urges workers and employers to drink several litres of water throughout the day
The world needs to feed 9 bln by 2050 and digitisation can help
Food and Agriculture Organization report favours information and communication technologies to improve farmers' access to timely data
Health ministers in G20 Summit commit to address antimicrobial resistance
Through Berlin Declaration, the health ministers emphasised the need for combating AMR through appropriate monitoring and surveillance
New tool tracks water usage in agriculture
There is a direct relationship between water and food security. In order to be sustainable, agriculture must adapt to the impacts of climate …
Reducing food waste vital for India's food security
It is estimated that saving one-fourth of the food currently lost or wasted globally would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people in the world
Torrential rainfall, cyclone may favour locust surge: FAO
Experts said prevention, mainly through early warning and early reaction, is the key to reducing the extent of locust infestation
World’s ‘model diet’ under threat from lifestyle changes, globalisation
A study shows that people in the Mediterranean region are shying away from fruits and legumes and digging more into meat and dairy products
Soiled schemes
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Vanishing breeds
While debating the ways to attain global food security, national governments ignore the most pertinent issue: rapidly disappearing agro-biodiversity
UN report identifies top ten food-borne parasites
Codex Committee may introduce new standards for global food trade in order to control the entry of these parasites into the food chain
Bird flu spreads in West Africa; FAO alerts governments
Cameroon has already incurred a loss of $20 million due to the outbreak
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