Tag "FAO"
FAO: Global food prices fell in March
Date: 2023-04-10 11:18:23
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 126.9 points in March, which...
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FAO: global food prices fell modestly in February
Date: 2023-03-08 13:16:09
Food prices on the world market decreased moderately in February compared to January. According to data on the website of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...
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International food prices have been decreasing for almost a year
Date: 2023-03-03 10:30:26
The 11th month of global food prices has been on the ground after the decline in February – marginal – experts from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The...
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With training for sustainable development and mitigating migration
Date: 2023-03-01 09:30:04
Our country provides agricultural knowledge that can be put to good use in everyday life to the future food and food professionals of developing countries. The problems must be solved...
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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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Hungary is committed to domestic and global food security
Date: 2023-02-24 10:30:47
The coronavirus pandemic, the war in Ukraine, climate change, Brussels sanctions, high energy costs and inflation pose serious obstacles to the availability of food, especially in developing countries, stressed Oszkár...
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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-Kazakh agricultural cooperation is successful
Date: 2023-01-27 10:30:24
A priority goal for our country is the opening to the East, including the establishment of a partnership with Kazakhstan, for which the close political, cultural and strengthening economic relations...
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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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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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The potential inherent in millet must be exploited for the well-being of people and the environment
Date: 2022-12-07 10:20:32
The UN dedicates the year 2023 to ramping up millet production, considering its nutritional benefits and resilience. As global food systems are increasingly challenged by feeding the growing world population,...
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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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We help the food security of countries in need with scholarships
Date: 2022-12-07 09:50:56
“Our country provides important agricultural knowledge that can be used on a daily basis to food professionals in developing countries. The problems must be solved locally, and with this successful...
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Simple methods reduce food waste
Date: 2022-12-06 10:48:46
Every year 14% of the food produced goes bad already before ending up on store shelves, and another 17% is thrown out by retailers and consumers. What is more, food...
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FAO:Global food prices overall hold steady in November
Date: 2022-12-02 11:54:56
The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils...
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Cooperation between FAO and Hungary continues to strengthen
Date: 2022-11-29 11:00:52
As a committed partner of the FAO, Hungary helps to achieve sustainable development goals with an international agricultural scholarship program covering almost 50 countries and by financing joint projects –...
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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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It is decided on local level what to do with energy retrieved from food waste
Date: 2022-11-07 09:29:09
According to FAO, 1.6 billion tonnes of food land in waste every year, which largely contributes to environmental and socio-economic problems. Poor management of food waste results in polluted natural...
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FAO Food Price Index virtually unchanged in October
Date: 2022-11-04 12:48:37
The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 135.9 points in October 2022, virtually unchanged from September, with the price indices of all the covered commodity groups, except cereals, down month-on-month. An upturn...
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Through automation, we can rebuild agri-food systems
Date: 2022-11-02 10:27:52
FAO publication on the state of food and agriculture addresses job losses and reducing inequalities Automation in agriculture – which can mean the use of agricultural machines or artificial intelligence...
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Bakery products end up in the bin the most, durable food and meat the least
Date: 2022-10-17 14:09:01
The vast majority of Hungarians consider themselves to be conscious consumers, despite this, 59% of our compatriots throw away food, and 23% especially a lot – according to the data...
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The government is committed to global food security
Date: 2022-10-14 11:35:27
For the Government of Hungary, food security is of strategic importance, and the fact that good quality food is on the table of the Hungarian people. On the occasion of...
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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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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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153 million tons of food are thrown away in the European Union every year
Date: 2022-09-20 11:37:55
About 153 million tons of food are thrown away in the European Union every year, almost 15 million tons more than what is imported, the British daily Guardian wrote on...
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Food inflation: Rice under pressure, prices expected to boil over
Date: 2022-09-19 08:00:49
Severe disruptions in global rice suppliers combined with a soaring demand for the grain could break the fragile balance between supply and demand, leading to price increases and, once again,...
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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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Dairy UK targets those questoning dairy consumption with consumer-facing campaign
Date: 2022-08-11 11:18:44
Dairy UK is running a consumer-facing campaign that hopes will counter criticism over the sector’s environmental record. „Advocating for our sector is always going to be more effective than responding...
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This is the message of the FAO food price index, which has started to fall
Date: 2022-08-09 12:30:15
There is no sign of domestic food prices yet, but the FAO food price index has been falling for the fourth month. Zoltán Fórián, the leading agricultural expert of the...
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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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