Cyclone Gati spurs locust outbreak threat in Somalia
Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured Somalia, made landfall on November 22, 2020
World misses MDG goal of reducing hunger by half, says FAO
Hunger rises in India and Pakistan; no South Asian country comes close to achieving target
World’s forests continue shrinking, but at a slower pace: FAO report
Countries now have more knowledge of their forest resources and indicators reveal positive progress in forest management
Food insecurity continues to be major threat for Africa and Asia
While Asia has the highest number of undernourished, Africa is the continent with the highest prevalence of undernourishment
Africa aims to end hunger by 2025; FAO for curbing food imports
UN's food agency emphasises on need to improve local and traditional nutritious food, calls for private investments to increase the food security …
El Niño-induced dry spell causes major crop loss in Central America
This is the second consecutive year when the sub-region’s main season harvest has been affected by dry weather
FAO in partnership with wholesale union to reduce food waste
World is losing 1.3 billion tonnes of food worth $1 trillion every year
UN considers payments for forest ecosystem services
This will help create sustainable livelihoods and resilient ecosystems, says a report by three UN agencies
International food standards revised; safe limit for lead reduced
Codex standards now also contain a prescribed daily intake value of potassium, a mineral known to reduce the risk of heart disease
Countries vow to wipe out sheep and goat plague globally by 2030
The deadly animal disease causes a loss of US $2billion annually and has put livelihood of millions of poor at risk in 70 countries of Asia and Africa
मांसाहार पर रोक लगाने से जलवायु संकट हल नहीं होगा : शोध
कम मांस वाले आहार करना ठीक है पर इसको पूरी तरह से बंद कर देना जलवायु परिवर्तन का समाधान नहीं है
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
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
Global forest product industries recover from recession
India emerges one of the top five forest products consuming countries
FDI in retail: some unanswered questions
Urban consumer may benefit, but what about marginal farmers and the environment?
World Health Statistics 2015: some achievements, many concerns
Down To Earth highlights the world’s performance on health-related development goals, where our successes lie and where efforts are still a …
El Nino fallout: food prices to shoot northward
The weather phenomenon will bring down production, increase food prices worldwide
'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 …
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
International experts call for coordinated action to mitigate climate change impact on agriculture
Symposium organised by WMO and FAO recommends various measures to tackle the challenge of growing more food in the next 20 years
Alternatives to endosulfan
FAO to give suggestions on the pesticide to committee on persistent organic pollutants
Democratising the global food chain
From corporatisation to cooperatives
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 …
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