Webcast Details Forward-Looking Statements Presentation Multimedia Slideshow Transcript Key Highlights First-quarter earnings of $0.09 per share1, including: Notable non-cash charges in phosphate of $0.03 per share New Brunswick severance charges of $0.03 …
Strengthening the capacities of smallholders, pastoralists, landless and marginal farmers and fisher folks will offer them the opportunity to improve their incomes and food security. Fisher folks on their traditional vessel in Bangladesh. 10 March 2016, …
Drying corn on the hood of the family truck in Manyandzeni Village, Swaziland. 9 March 2016, Rome - Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according …
Rural women are working in a vegetable field as part of the FAO-supported Women Open School where they gain experiential learning and skill development on pesticide risk reduction, kitchen gardening and small enterprise development, Kot Chutta, Pakistan. 8 …
US Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome, David Lane, and FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva. 7 March 2016, Rome - The United States has brought added momentum to global efforts targeting illegal fishing by adhering to a FAO-brokered …
08 February 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. FAO’s irrigation and income diversification projects have become instrumental in tackling the negative impacts of El Niño- induced drought for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Afar Region. 7 March 2016, …
Farmer with his cattle is crossing rice terraces in Indonesia. 7 March 2016, Putrajaya, Malaysia - With the future of food security and undernutrition in question across the world's most populous region, governments from 46 Asia-Pacific countries have …
Women from the Huaves ethnic group carrying maize cobs in baskets on their heads, Mexico. 4 March 2016, Mexico City - Hunger eradication, climate change adaptation, and strengthening family farming are the three priorities set for FAO by governments of …
FAO Director-General opens the conference with Mexican President Peña Nieto 1 March 2016, Mexico City - "The world has entered a new era: the era of the Sustainable Development Goals," said FAO’s Director General before representatives of the …
A farmer in the Democratic Republic of Congo weeds his rice field. 3 March 2016, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index was stable in February, as falling sugar and dairy prices offset a substantial jump in vegetable oil prices from the previous month. Averaging …
Last year, overall crop production in the Central African Republic remained 54 percent below the pre-crisis average. This constituted a 10 percent increase from 2014, mostly due to a rise in cassava production. Joint FAO-WFP News Release 1 March 2016, Rome …
Fruit flies can lay their eggs in the skins of oranges meant for export. 4 April 2016, Rome - Invasive ants that devour crops, or the insidious "olive quick decline syndrome", which scorches leaves and withers branches, are just some of the …
KENILWORTH, N.J. & LYON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sanofi Pasteur and Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced their intent to end their joint vaccines operations in Europe. Upon concluding their joint venture, both …
A women shops for food at a local market in Dakar, Senegal. 7 April 2016, Abidjan – Africa has made great strides in tackling hunger -- achieving a 30 percent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger over the 1990-2015 period -- but climate …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the appointment of Sanat Chattopadhyay as executive vice president and president, Merck Manufacturing Division (MMD), effective April 1, …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced top-line results from the company’s Phase 3 pivotal trial, ONCEMRK. ONCEMRK is evaluating an investigational once-daily formulation of …
A Chinese expert works with rice farmers in Ghana. 4 April 2016, Rome - FAO, China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have signed a two‑year agreement worth almost $ 1.5 million aimed at increasing food and nutrition security in the conflict-ravaged …
FAO's Bukar Tijani addressing the opening session addressing the conference. 4 April 2016, Abidjan - "Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity" is the theme of the 29th FAO Regional Conference for …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review a new supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for …
A woman dries sorghum in Panddap, Bahr El-Ghazal, which is one of South Sudan's states with the highest rates of malnutrition. 5 April 2016, Juba - Civil strife and unfavourable rains have further reduced crop production in South Sudan, contributing …
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