Tag "FAO"
(HU) FAO: A cél az élelmezésbiztonság és a fenntartható fejlődés a válságok és kihívások ellenére
Date: 2022-06-27 08:07:55
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(HU) ENSZ: A legszegényebbeket aránytalanul sújtja az élelmiszerdrágulás
Date: 2022-06-09 10:38:36
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FAO unveils new public tool based on agricultural census data
Date: 2022-06-09 09:45:49
Policy makers and the researchers who advise them now have a powerful new tool. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is endowing FAOSTAT, the world’s largest...
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UN: Food crisis looming, causing instability in dozens of countries
Date: 2022-06-07 10:26:14
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) have issued a strong warning about a possible food crisis, with conflicts, climate shocks,...
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FAO: World food prices fell in May for the second month in a row
Date: 2022-06-03 11:20:06
For the second month in a row, global food prices fell in May, mainly due to lower prices for vegetable oils and dairy products. According to data released by the...
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This happened at the World Milk Day event of the Dairy Product Council
Date: 2022-06-02 10:56:14
Due to the positive properties of milk and to draw people’s attention to the importance of calcium intake, the United Nations World Food and Food Organization (FAO) has designated June...
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AM: Food security is paramount in every country
Date: 2022-05-12 11:20:17
A secure, stable food supply is a priority, and achieving it is a top priority for any country; the events of the recent period, the challenges caused by the coronavirus...
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FAO: world food prices fell 0.8 percent in April
Date: 2022-05-06 11:20:43
World food prices fell slightly in April, mainly due to the drastic fall in vegetable oil prices and a slight fall in cereal prices. The April price index was 158.5...
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The pandemic may trigger for people’s food security and livelihoods
Date: 2022-04-28 08:42:54
Strengthening food production and distribution systems is key to fighting hunger and entails helping tackle diseases wherever they emerge in humans, animals, plants or the environment. The Coronavirus Disease 2019...
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Far more food is thrown out in the world than previously thought
Date: 2022-04-25 09:13:56
Previous research has all underestimated the amount of food thrown away, according to Dutch researchers, every person in the world has 500 calories of wasted food a day. If that...
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FAO: Record high world food prices
Date: 2022-04-18 09:15:40
The FAO food price index rose a further 12.6 percent to 159.3 points in March from a 141.4-point high in February, the Paris-based World Food and Agriculture Organization said on...
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FAO Food Price Index posts significant leap in March
Date: 2022-04-08 10:10:23
World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains...
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FAO: global food prices could raise by 8 to 22 percent as a result of the Russian invasion
Date: 2022-04-05 11:25:29
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Russian war against Ukraine is having a negative impact on the global food market. Russia and Ukraine...
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Though still low in Europe and Central Asia, hunger rates worsened by pandemic impacts
Date: 2022-04-01 08:51:27
Undernourishment and severe and moderate food insecurity rates in Europe and Central Asia are, on average, much lower than in the rest of the world. However, more than 14 million...
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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
Date: 2022-03-30 08:47:42
Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink...
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FAO: Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises
Date: 2022-03-29 09:42:32
The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched...
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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook presents production, consumption, trade and price trends for the coming decade
Date: 2022-03-16 08:47:17
With less than 10 years until the 2030 deadline for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments need to step up their efforts to meet global food security and...
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Ministry of Agriculture: FAO representative praises Hungarian food security proposal
Date: 2022-02-15 10:59:35
The Hungarian food security proposal has reached the FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Deputy State Secretary Dávid Bencsik held an online meeting with FAO Deputy...
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FAO: food prices in January at a nearly 10-year peak
Date: 2022-02-03 11:30:19
World food prices peaked at a nearly 10-year high in January, mainly due to higher prices of vegetable oils and dairy products. According to data released by the Food and...
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FAO: Food prices rose to a 10-year high last year
Date: 2022-01-21 08:25:03
Last year, food prices rose by an average of 28.1 percent globally, and the index following their movement rose to a 10-year high, according to a report by the Food...
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Magazine: Agri-food systems emit more and more harmful gases
Date: 2022-01-11 06:44:24
According to the latest study of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), from agri-food systems the food supply chain emits so much greenhouse gas that the segment will soon...
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FAO: food prices at a more decade of peak
Date: 2021-12-06 10:02:49
The rise in prices on the international food raw materials market has continued after strong demand occured for cereals and dairy products in the past month, according to a report...
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Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 2021-11-24 12:52:35
Countries need to make their agrifood systems more resilient to sudden shocks of the kind witnessed during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has emerged as a major driver of the latest...
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FAO: food prices are on 10-year peak in October
Date: 2021-11-23 10:20:58
Partly due to supply shortages and a significant rise in the price of vegetable oils and grains, food prices in the world rose in October for the third consecutive month...
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The essential guide to food and agriculture
Date: 2021-11-15 10:37:35
New findings indicate the food crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows little sign of abating, and could worsen in the coming months without scaled-up assistance, the...
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World food import bill to reach a record high in 2021
Date: 2021-11-12 11:14:15
Global food trade has accelerated and is poised to hit an all-time record in both volume and value terms, according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization...
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Grain production could hit historic record as stocks dwindle
Date: 2021-11-08 10:30:18
The world market price barometer is at new heights, after experts from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) registered levels not seen since July 2011. The...
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The supply chain is catching up with deforestation and agriculture as the largest emitters of the agri-food sector
Date: 2021-11-08 10:18:48
Within the agri-food system, the food supply chain is close to outpacing agriculture and tillage in terms of greenhouse gas emissions due to food processing, packaging, transport, trade, household consumption,...
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We are what we eat: Transforming diets to transform agri-food systems
Date: 2021-10-29 09:34:23
Jumla beans. Black, red and yellow spotted, cultivated by hand in one of the most remote districts of Nepal’s mountains. Despite their great nutritional value and environmentally friendly production, jumla...
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Donation convoy for those in need
Date: 2021-10-15 10:38:33
In October this year, a long line of trucks passed through Budapest historic city centre again, with some 33 tonnes of cargo provided by Hungarian and international food and commercial...
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