Tag "ENSZ"
UN: worldwide food insecurity continued to increase last year
Date: 2024-04-24 12:05:16
The insecurity of the food supply has increased further in 2023, according to the UN report published on Wednesday, according to which 282 million people are in urgent need of...
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The UN FAO urges more cooperation in the banana sector
Date: 2024-03-12 11:29:33
The participants of the Fourth Banana World Forum will discuss the main challenges, such as climate change, the costs of fertilizers and transportation, and the TR4 disease. The fourth global...
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Hungarians do not really have a sweet tooth in international terms
Date: 2024-01-08 10:51:28
In European and Central Asian countries, there are significant differences in daily sugar consumption per capita, and the Hungarian population is certainly not one of the big sugar consumers. Based...
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On the occasion of World Soil Day, the ecological research institute draws attention to the alarming rate of reduction of topsoil
Date: 2023-12-07 10:30:19
The Ecological Agricultural Research Institute (ÖMKi) draws attention to the importance of healthy soils and the alarming rate of reduction of topsoil in its statement published on Tuesday on the...
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The Hódmezővásárhely soil profile became the Soil of the Year
Date: 2023-12-06 09:00:38
This year, the soil profile in Hódmezővásárhely was awarded the title Soil of Hungary based on a public vote organized by the Hungarian Soil Science Society, Zsolt Feldman, the state...
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Alig mérik károsanyag-kibocsátásukat az agrárcégek
Date: 2023-12-04 09:51:55
Az agrárcégek jelenlegi fenntarthatósági gyakorlatáról képet adó K&H fenntarthatósági index szerint a szektor tájékozott az EU karbonkibocsátási elvárásaival kapcsolatban – 90%-uk hallott már a célkitűzésekről, 72%-uk pedig tisztában is van...
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COP28 opened in Dubai with food system transformation on the menu
Date: 2023-12-04 09:04:33
The United Nations climate summit in Dubai just running will be the first to dedicate a full day to exploring climate action across food, agriculture, and water. The United Arab...
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Today is World Food Day
Date: 2023-10-16 09:30:52
In order to maintain water security and safe food production, our goal is the sustainable development of agriculture, which predicts the expected effects of increasingly extreme weather conditions and keeps...
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On the way to a sustainable food industry
Date: 2023-09-27 09:00:22
By 2030, global food waste per capita at the retail and consumer levels must be halved, as well as food loss along the production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses,...
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It is justified to expand the joint scholarship program of the government and FAO
Date: 2023-09-22 10:00:47
Oszkár Ökrös, Deputy Secretary of State for International Relations at the Ministry of Agriculture, and Beth Bechdolt, Deputy Director General of FAO, discussed the expansion of the joint scholarship program...
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Quality aquaculture is an important pillar of rural development
Date: 2023-09-19 10:00:32
The development of domestic aquaculture also brings with it the development of local hospitality and gastronomy, it contributes greatly to the maintenance of ecosystems, and thus to the European greening...
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FAO: the UN World Food Day challenge is here
Date: 2023-09-15 11:48:53
Water is food, development, energy and life. Yet nowadays, too many people lack it, while others take the availability of water for sure. Therefore, the central theme of World Food...
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According to the United States, there is no real alternative to Black Sea grain transport
Date: 2023-07-31 09:30:47
The United States supports efforts to renew Black Sea grain shipments because there is no real alternative to the route, the United States ambassador to the United Nations said on...
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SPAR Hungary has published its first Sustainability Report
Date: 2023-07-26 11:21:03
For many years, SPAR Hungary has been striving to reduce the burden on the environment as much as possible during its commercial operations and production processes, to protect the health...
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Ursula Von der Leyen: I strongly condemn Russia’s cancellation of the Black Sea grain agreement
Date: 2023-07-17 09:30:14
I strongly condemn Russia’s cynical move to terminate the Black Sea grain initiative despite the efforts of the UN and Turkey, wrote Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...
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122 million more people pushed into hunger since 2019 due to multiple crises, reveals UN report
Date: 2023-07-12 11:28:56
Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to...
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FAO Food Price Index continued declining in June
Date: 2023-07-07 13:36:39
The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined again in June, led by price decreases for all major cereals and most types of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture...
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FAO and partner agencies tasked with leading $115 million Clean and Healthy Oceans Program
Date: 2023-06-29 11:09:12
Az ENSZ Élelmezésügyi és Mezőgazdasági Szervezete (FAO) négy partnerszervezettel együtt valósíthatják meg a „Tiszta és egészséges óceánok integrált programot”. A kezdeményezés mintegy 115 millió dollár támogatást csatornáz az érintett területekre,...
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With knowledge transfer for competitive agriculture in developing countries
Date: 2023-06-05 10:00:24
Hungary, as a committed partner of the FAO, actively contributes to the work of the organization, to the realization of its goals and helps lower-income countries with development projects. The...
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FAO: The measure of world food prices rose in April for first time in a year
Date: 2023-05-05 12:11:41
FAO Food Price Index increases, amid higher international quotations for sugar, meat and rice, while prices for wheat, maize, dairy products and vegetable oils decline The benchmark index of international...
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K&H: 2022 was the year of confrontation
Date: 2023-04-13 07:08:11
The management of medium-sized and large domestic companies has an open and sensitive approach to the issue of sustainability, but few actions follow their words. K&H’s sustainability index points out...
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Pál Réthy: water management must be treated as a priority strategic issue
Date: 2023-03-22 11:00:04
In Hungary, water management must be treated as an issue of strategic importance for the future – said the Deputy Secretary of State for Public Employment and Water Affairs of...
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The UN Secretary General and the President of Ukraine urged the extension of the grain agreement in Kyiv
Date: 2023-03-08 09:00:29
The common goal of Ukraine and the UN is to extend the grain agreement after March 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Wednesday after meeting with UN Secretary-General António...
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Has the time to act finally come?
Date: 2023-02-28 09:48:28
In this decade companies are facing challenge such as climate change, the strict sustainability requirements of the European Union (Taxonomy), fewer available resources and the sustainability of supply chains. Plus...
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Does the road to food protection lead through food waste?!
Date: 2023-02-24 11:00:53
What if food waste was used to protect food? One of the new research projects of the SAVE FOOD initiative deals with this question. With this, interpack is relaunching the...
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The headquarters of another UN organization is moving to Budapest
Date: 2023-02-23 11:00:51
The move of the global financial center of the World Food Program to Budapest will also contribute to maintaining a safe food supply and eradicating hunger, said Minister of Agriculture...
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Global food prices fell in January, according to the FAO
Date: 2023-02-03 10:00:15
According to data published on the website of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Friday, the overall price index was 131.2 points in January, which...
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Hungarian expertise can greatly help the development of Western Balkan agriculture
Date: 2023-01-25 09:00:37
Hungary is committed to the development of the Western Balkans, a key element of which is the sharing of agricultural expertise – stated Deputy State Secretary for International Relations Dr....
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Not only companies, but also their suppliers must operate sustainably
Date: 2023-01-19 11:20:04
In mitigating the effects of global warming, in addition to governments and the population, economic actors must also take a serious role. Companies dealing with information and data management can...
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FAO Food Price Index continued to drop in December, however, it rose substantially on a yearly basis
Date: 2023-01-06 12:30:52
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 132.4 points in December 2022, down 2.6 points (1.9 percent) from November, marking the ninth consecutive monthly decline and standing 1.3 points (1.0 percent)...
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