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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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Finnish Consumers Named ‘Most Sustainable Shoppers’ In Europe
Date: 2022-12-22 09:17:10
Finnish shoppers have been named the most sustainable in Europe, a study by Savoo has found, having seen a 20% decrease in their consumption footprint between 2010 and 2020. The...
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The agreement was reached at the UN Biodiversity Summit
Date: 2022-12-20 11:00:15
The UN Conference on Biological Diversity has set a historic goal to restore our relationship with nature. As the culmination of four years of negotiations, the countries of the world...
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FAO: Food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’
Date: 2022-12-07 10:04:40
The number of people facing acute food insecurity worldwide is expected to continue to rise precipitously, as the food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ – driven by...
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Hungarian Bankholding joined the UN Responsible Banking Guidelines initiative
Date: 2022-12-06 09:53:42
Hungarian Bankholding joined the global cooperation established by the United Nations (UN) and was one of the first domestic banks to sign the Responsible Banking Guidelines, the financial institution informed...
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The limestone chernozem in Herzeghalm became the soil of the year
Date: 2022-12-05 09:40:58
The Ministry of Agriculture supports soil-conscious farming with all means, State Secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development Zsolt Feldman announced on Monday, at the Hungarian soil 2022 professional conference. The...
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The increased subsidies serve the productivity of the hungarian agrarium
Date: 2022-12-01 09:00:15
Those who make a living from agriculture are faced with countless challenges to which they must find answers. High energy and input prices, animal diseases, and the historic drought have...
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János Áder: the fight against the climate crisis involves a technological change
Date: 2022-11-30 12:39:57
The fight against the climate crisis involves a technological change – said János Áder, former president of the republic, chairman of the board of trustees of the Kék Bolygó Climate...
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Ahold Delhaize Sets New CO2 Emission Reduction Targets
Date: 2022-11-30 09:11:20
Dutch retail group Ahold Delhaize has set new CO2 emission reduction goals of at least 37% across its value chain (scope 3), and 50% across its own operations (scope 1...
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The global food price index remained stable in October
Date: 2022-11-07 10:52:45
The index of international food prices remained largely stable in October, after rising grain prices were offset by lower prices of other crops, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...
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Plant-based proteins: New plants on the horizon
Date: 2022-10-27 09:59:03
According to the United Nations, thousands of plants and animals were used for food in the past, but today less than 200 contribute to global food supplies. What is more,...
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Metro Announces New Water Conservation Target For 2030
Date: 2022-10-18 09:35:46
German wholesale giant Metro aims to reduce water consumption across its operations by 10% per square metre of net operating space by 2030 compared to the base year 2021. The...
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This year, a convoy of donations drew attention to World Food Day
Date: 2022-10-14 10:57:58
A truck convoy loaded with food donations worth HUF 100 million drew attention to World Food Day in Budapest on Friday. The convoy of 20 trucks passed through downtown Budapest...
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A severe famine threatens the East African region
Date: 2022-10-07 08:00:43
Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of starvation in East Africa, where more than 10 million children are already suffering from severe malnutrition due to the drought and...
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UN forum: instead of the green transition, survival has become the primary consideration
Date: 2022-10-05 11:20:54
If we don’t make the green turn, humanity has no future – pointed out the President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday at the Hungarian-organized round table forum on...
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A significant part of electronic waste ends up in unknown places
Date: 2022-10-05 08:11:59
Electronic waste is becoming a growing problem worldwide: in 2019, for example, 53.6 million tons were generated, more than 80% of which ended up in unknown locations – unofficial landfills,...
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The vicious circle of food waste and climate change can be broken with simple solutions
Date: 2022-10-03 09:21:48
Food. We produce it, harvest it, process it, pack it, transport it, distribute it, give it away, make it, and then throw it away. Every year, 14% of the food...
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Experts urge drastic measures: the food supply of the entire world may depend on it
Date: 2022-09-21 07:00:26
The participants of the summit formulated a seven-point action plan on consolidating global food systems and addressing known challenges and problems. On September 20, 2022, the leaders of the governments...
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FAO Food Price Index drops for the fifth consecutive month in August
Date: 2022-09-02 14:55:04
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 138.0 points in August 2022, down 2.7 points (1.9 percent) from July, registering its fifth consecutive monthly decline. Despite the latest drop, the index remained...
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About 1.8 million tons of food waste is produced in Hungary every year
Date: 2022-08-11 10:13:18
One of the consequences of galloping food prices is that the value of food thrown in the trash can be much higher this year than it was a few years...
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FAO Food Price Index registered a steep drop in July, crisis to stay with us until next year
Date: 2022-08-05 23:17:13
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 140.9 points in July 2022, down 13.3 points (8.6 percent) from June, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline. Nevertheless, it remained 16.4 points (13.1 percent)...
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Hungary is a committed partner of FAO in achieving sustainable development goals
Date: 2022-08-03 11:57:06
Oszkár Ökrös, the Deputy State Secretary responsible for international relations at the Ministry of Agriculture, received Vladimir Rakhmanin, Deputy Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Regional Representative...
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(HU) Megtört a jég: a háború kezdete óta elindulhatott az első ukrajnai gabonaszállítmány
Date: 2022-08-01 23:00:16
Since the war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, the country has not delivered grain, even though Ukrainian wheat and corn are in great demand worldwide. Now, however, a...
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Great progress has been made: Ukrainian grain exports may soon restart
Date: 2022-07-28 16:41:54
As a result of the negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, the coordination center for the resumption of Ukrainian grain exports was opened in Istanbul on Wednesday. Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi...
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