The courses are being designed primarily for food security professionals like government statisticians, nutritionists and others.Rome, 28 February 2014 – A new educational partnership will soon be putting knowledge into the hands of thousands of …
Farmers in Afghanistan planting improved rice varieties as part of an FAO project.28 February 2014, Rome - Governments from the Near East and North Africa today wrapped up a five day meeting on regional food security challenges pledging enhanced …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva opened the Ministerial Meeting of FAO's Regional Conference for the Near East.27 February 2014, Rome - The worsening of the food security situation in the Near East is not only caused by the structural …
Governments have committed to reducing food losses and waste in the region by 50 percent in 10 years. 25 February 2014, Rome - Reducing high food losses and waste will be critical to improving food availability, achieving food security, and reducing stress …
An FAO land reclamation project in Algeria.24 February 2014, Rome - Conflict, rapid population growth and urbanization, and a heavy reliance on food imports are posing serious challenges for food security in the Near East and North Africa, although …
Projections for 2013 suggest fish farmers produced 70 million tonnes of fish – 44 percent of the total fishery output.21 February 2014, Bergen/Rome – The booming world fish trade is generating more wealth than ever before, but countries must help small- …
Conservation and management of water resources is crucial to food security.20 February 2014, Rome - Water scarcity is one of the most urgent food security issues facing countries of the Near East and North Africa (NENA), with fresh water availability in …
Uncontrolled live poultry trade poses the highest risk of A(H7N9) introduction. 19 February 2014, Rome – FAO says there is no evidence that human patients infected with influenza A(H7N9), a low pathogenic virus in poultry, can transmit the virus to animals …
Involving young people in family farming helps to preserve traditional knowledge, local foods and biodiversity.17 February 2014, Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva lauded the planned expansion of a Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity …
Partipants in a FAO farmer field school near Fana, Mali, examine cotton plants for signs of pests.17 February 2014, Rome - Field schools that train farmers in alternative methods of pest control have succeeded in nearly eliminating the use of toxic …
FAO has been distributing seeds and tools to people living in camps so that they can grow vegetables.12 February 2014, Rome – Farmers in the Central African Republic are in urgent need of seeds and essential tools for the March planting season if they are …
Ludmila Nizhevich, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Food of Belarus, and Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General for Europe and Central Asia, at the signing ceremony.11 February 2014, Rome - FAO in cooperation with the European Union will …
Black pepper farmer Noble Joseph inspects some of his pepper plants - from Idukki district, Kerala - India. 11 February 2014, Kochi, India/Rome - An international effort has been launched to develop quality standards for key products of the multi-billion …
FAO's Food Price Index is based on the prices of a basket of internationally-traded food commodities. 6 February 2014, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index fell in January for the first time in 3 months as lower prices of cereals, sugars, oils and meat …
A fish vendor and his wares, Rome, Italy.5 February 2014, Washington/Rome - Aquaculture — or fish farming — will provide close to two thirds of global food fish consumption by 2030 as catches from wild capture fisheries level off and demand from an …
H7N9 presents a serious public health risk when there is close contact between infected poultry and humans.5 February 2014, Bangkok - The spread of the H7N9 virus among poultry in live bird markets (LBM) in China's Guangxi Province has significantly …
Some 3.7 million people are now facing acute or emergency levels of food insecurity.5 February 2014, Rome – FAO today warned of a major food security and nutrition crisis in South Sudan, where some 3.7 million people are now facing acute or emergency …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Agreenium President Marion Guillou3 February 2014, Rome – FAO and French research institutions will step up cooperation in key research areas and coordinate their actions within the global framework of FAO’s …
Seeds being delivered to farming families in the Sahel.3 February 2014, Rome - The United Nations and humanitarian partners launched today a three-year Regional Strategic Response Plan to provide aid to millions of people in nine countries in Africa's …
Farmers in a rice field in Lira, Uganda31 January 2014, Addis Ababa/Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today welcomed a breakthrough commitment by African heads of state to end hunger on the continent by 2025. “This is the first time in …
