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Shift towards sustainable fisheries in Mediterranean, Black Sea region: Report

While 75% of fish stocks was subjected to overfishing, this percentage fell by more than 10% between 2014 and 2018

Cyclone Gati spurs locust outbreak threat in Somalia

Gati, the strongest tropical cyclone ever measured Somalia, made landfall on November 22, 2020

Why prudent, responsible use is needed to avert AMR crisis in Nigeria

The problem of AMR cuts across human, animal and environmental sectors and requires a multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral approach

COVID-19: New UN alliance to stave off ‘catastrophic food crisis’

Proposed by Italy and led by Food and Agriculture Organization, the alliance aims to increase resilience of agricultural food systems, ensure …

World Food Day: Looking for a new avatar in COVID-19 times

What we now need is smart, systemic action to get the food to those who need it and improve it for those who have it, says FAO Director-…

Journey across the Global South: Sharing and exchanging sustainable development solutions

Despite progress, developing countries face a wide range of challenges and experiences that span areas such as economic growth, environmental and …

Pollinator Week: Why we need to protect the bees and the butterflies

Around 40% of invertebrate pollinator species — particularly bees and butterflies — face extinction across the world, warns FAO

COVID-19: Around 45 mln pushed into global food insecurity, says FAO report

Around 33 million reside in South and South east Asia, remainder in sub-Saharan Africa

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World Food Day 2019: Why we must prevent food wastage

It is a moral and technical failure in a world where hunger and malnutrition have yet to be eradicated

Andhra farmers taste success with Zero Budget Natural Farming

Ensuring food security, producing more with less resources and building the resilience of smallholder farmers are important towards creating a …

Fisheries: an answer to food security and nutrition

For several countries fish exports are essential to national economies, FAO experts say

A new programme aims at increasing Africa's soil productivity by 30%

Poor soil fertility is a major constraint to improving farm productivity and farmer livelihoods in Africa

`Many regions in Asia will face a decline in food productivity'

Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and regional representative for Asia and the Pacific, FAO, talks about how achieving the Zero …

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

World Food Day: investing in food security for a better future

As the number of hungry people is on the rise again globally, we must invest in rural development to drive about a change

Can biotechnology help feed the world’s hungriest region—Asia and the Pacific?

Here's how we can fill gaps in forestry data

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has released guidelines to monitor forest resources

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 global standard adopted for making trade in plants and seeds safer

There is an increasing risk that pests carried by seeds could establish themselves and spread after planting

Agricultural transformation vital to produce 50% more food in 2050

In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, agricultural output would need to more than double by the middle of the century

New drought in Ethiopia puts recovery at risk

A new drought is emerging in southern and southeastern pastoral areas of the country

Women key players in ending hunger, poverty

As rural women are an integral part of the agrarian economy, they are important in the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Investment in technology must to achieve zero hunger

FAO estimates that the world will need to produce some 60 per cent more food, on an average, to feed a hungry world by 2050