Abandoned fishing gear like this gillnet continue to carry out the capture process, entangling fish and other marine animals. 21 April 2016, Rome - Modern technologies that make it easier to recover lost fishing gear are giving a boost to efforts to reduce …
Drones are capable of covering up to 600 hectares a day and should significantly accelerate the process of risk analysis. 25 April 2016 - In a bid to stay ahead of the negative impacts of climate change, floods and typhoons on food security, the Government …
Pulses for sale at Rome's Esquilino market. 19 April 2016, Rome -- "Pulses are good for people, and are good for soils," Eduardo Mansur, the head of FAO's land and water division, said today at an event that highlighted the promising …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, will hold its first-quarter 2016 sales and earnings conference call with institutional investors and analysts at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 5. …
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. 18 April 2016, Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera for talks …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that new research investigating the use of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, in multiple tumor types, both as …
A Google Earth training course at FAO this week. 15 April 2016, Rome--FAO and Google are working together to make high-resolution satellite data an everyday tool in managing the world's natural resources in a joint effort that is changing the way the …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that it has received an ENERGY STAR 2016 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
Vulnerability to hunger has risen by 30 percent in mountain areas between 2000 and 2012, at the same time that hunger levels worldwide have fallen. 22 April 2016, Rome --At a ceremony today marking Earth Day, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva …
KENILWORTH, N.J. – 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 the Biologics License Application (BLA) for MK-8237, Merck’s house dust mite …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced the planned presentations of data from the company’s broad chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) clinical development programs at the …
Juvenile desert locust hoppers. 12 April 2016, Rome - The presence of recently discovered Desert Locust infestations in Yemen, where conflict is severely hampering control operations, poses a potential threat to crops in the region, FAO warned today. FAO …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that researchers are scheduled to provide more than 30 scientific data presentations on the company’s established and investigational …
Up to 80 percent or more of a farmer’s yield can be lost due to rust infections, making early detection crucial to preventing epidemics and limiting losses. 14 April 2016, Rome -- The ongoing spread of wheat rusts, a group of fungal plant diseases that …
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Merck Foundation (the Foundation) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced today that the Foundation provided a grant of $1.58 million over four years to the ACS to implement a comprehensive Patient Navigation …
Women farmers carrying bundles of harvested rice to be threshed, Kenema, Sierra Leone. 8 April 2016, Abidjan - Results achieved through Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) financed projects are adding momentum to the vision of Africa- Africa cooperation to …
MADISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the United States and Canada) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive …
Farmers thresh paddy rice in Laos. 7 April 2016, Rome - World cereal production in 2016 is set to amount to 2 521 million tonnes, just 0.2 percent off last year's large output and the third-highest global performance on record, according to FAO's …
The declaration underlined that stability and peace are essential for any development effort to bear fruits in the short, medium and long term. 13 May 2016, Rome - Twenty-five countries from the Near East and North Africa have stressed the importance of …
A farmer feeding cows fresh fodder, Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt. 9 May 2016, Rome - FAO's Regional Conference for the Near East opened today with agriculture ministers and senior officials as well as representatives from civil society organizations and the …
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