Tag "FAO"
Safety also comes first in the food industry
Date: 2023-06-13 09:00:03
Health protection, food safety, and fair food trade have long been central issues, said Dr. Márton Nobilis, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture responsible for food industry and trade...
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Brainstorming and playing on World Food Safety Day
Date: 2023-06-07 10:00:07
In 2023, the World Food Safety Day will be based on the key message “Food standards save lives”. The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) launched a social campaign for...
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World Milk Day: this happened at the Vitafort Zrt. National Partner Meeting
Date: 2023-06-06 12:04:23
Due to the positive properties of milk, as well as to draw people’s attention to the importance of calcium intake, the UN World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) designated June...
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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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The measure of world food prices rose in April for first time in a year
Date: 2023-05-12 12:53:10
The benchmark index of international food commodity prices rose in April for the first time in a year, amid increases in world quotations for sugar, meat and rice, the Food...
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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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Representatives of FAO’s European and Central Asian member countries are holding a conference in Hungary
Date: 2023-05-04 10:00:18
On May 4-5, 2023, Hungary will host the Informal Regional Consultation of the UN’s largest specialized organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for the eighth time, which will be...
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FAO: the number of severely hungry people has increased to 258 million, 58 countries are affected
Date: 2023-05-03 11:09:59
The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, with over a quarter of a...
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Meat, eggs and milk essential source of nutrients especially for most vulnerable groups, new FAO report says
Date: 2023-04-25 12:55:36
Meat, eggs and milk offer crucial sources of much-needed nutrients which cannot easily be obtained from plant-based foods, a new report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
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The international crop price index has been in decline for a year
Date: 2023-04-11 09:00:46
With the March result, the index of international food prices has been falling for 12 months, thanks to the low world market prices of cereals and vegetable oils, the Food...
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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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