Tag "FAO"
Decreasing pig prices
NAIK AKI PÁIR data reveal that on the 31st week the price of summer apple was HUF 320/kg, 10 forints more than a year earlier. Buyers had to pay HUF...
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Global food prices rise in July
Global food prices continued rising for the second consecutive month in July, led by vegetable oils and dairy products, according to the benchmark United Nations report. The Food and Agriculture...
Read moreDeclining bee populations threaten food supply
A drastic decline in pollinating insect populations could have serious consequences for the global food supply, quotes qubit.hu from a comprehensive international study. The study was published in Proceeding of...
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As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN report warns
More people are going hungry, an annual study by the United Nations has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years,...
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FAO: Global food commodity prices drop further in April
World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic and logistical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand...
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Global food commodity prices rebound in June
In June, global food commodity prices rose for the first time since the beginning of the year driven by a rebound in vegetable oils, sugar and dairy quotations. However, in...
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(HU) FAO: A természeti katasztrófák kockázatának csökkentésével nagyot nyernének a kistermelők
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Read moreFAO: food prices are low
International food prices are at a low point, while the first forecasts are about outstanding grain production, trade and consumption – according to the recent statement of the World Food...
Read moreFacts about milk
Codex Alimentarius defines a milk product as a “product obtained by any processing of milk, which may contain food additives, and other ingredients functionally necessary for the processing”. The range...
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Nigeria has no money to import food
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke about the need for Nigerian farmers to produce enough food because the country does not have the money to import food – 444.hu wrote. Photo:...
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UN report: As the world’s forests continue to shrink, urgent action is needed to safeguard their biodiversity
Urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world’s forests amid alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, according to the latest edition of The State of the World’s...
Read moreFAO: food prices are falling constantly
Since February, the prices of the most important food products have been steadily declining due to the significant drop in demand generated by the economic and transport effects of the...
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FAO Food Price Index falls to 17-month low
Global commodity food prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May, as supplies appear strong and demand weakens due to economic contractions triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food...
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Global Report on Food Crises reveals scope of food crises as COVID-19 poses new risks to vulnerable countries
Today an international alliance of UN, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies working to address the root causes of extreme hunger have released a new edition of their annual Global Report on...
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UN: global foodschains in danger due to the crisis
The human food chain is under continued threat from an alarming increase in the number of outbreaks of transboundary animal and plant pests and diseases (including aquatic and forest pests...
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Our hungriest, most vulnerable communities face “a crisis within a crisis”
In countries whose medical systems are under-resourced, the health crisis could be compounded by a hunger crisis and lost livelihoods unless we act now to help. In this interview, Dominique...
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World food prices drop in March
World food prices declined sharply in March, driven mostly by demand-side contractions linked to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the drop in global oil prices due mostly to...
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FAO: Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade and markets
Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures aiming to halt the accelerating COVID-19 pandemic, care...
Read moreFAO: Food safety is everyone’s business
Without universal access to safe food, the 2030 Agenda will be impossible to reach. Already, an estimated 600 million people each year fall sick from eating food contaminated with bacteria,...
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Magazine: Year of the Rat
Our traditional trend analysis at the beginning of the year makes an attempt at systematising the large volume of information available on food in 2020, the Year of the Rat...
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FAO: Food and agriculture in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are global objectives that succeeded the Millennium Development Goals on 1 January 2016. The SDGs will shape...
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FAO highlights the great potential of genetic improvements in aquaculture for better food security
Wider, appropriate and long-term application of genetic improvement in aquaculture, with a focus on selective breeding, will help boost food production to meet a projected increase in demand for fish...
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FAO: World food prices drop in February
World food prices declined in February for the first time in four months due to a sharp fall in the export prices of vegetable oils, partly driven by fears that...
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World Food Prices Dip In February, Hurt By Coronavirus: FAO
World food prices slipped in February, ending four months of successive increases, with the spread of coronavirus dampening demand for some products, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food price index,...
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FAO, UN Environment deepen their partnership
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) renewed their partnership on Thursday, pledging to cooperate in areas of common interest. The Memorandum of...
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The impact of microplastics on food safety: the case of fishery and aquaculture products
Microplastics present in the oceans and inland waters are unintentionally ingested by a large number of aquatic animals of commercial value. These plastic particles are made of compounds such as...
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(HU) A FAO üdvözli a Bill és Melinda Gates Alapítvány támogatását az észak-afrikai sáskajárás ellen
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FAO: Food Price Index eases in October as dairy prices decline
Global food prices dipped in October, led lower by dairy products, averaging 27 percent below its all-time high reached in early 2011. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 176.4 points...
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FAO: world food prices continued to increase in January
World food prices have risen in January for the fourth consecutive month, this time mainly due to higher prices of vegetable oils, sugar and cereals. The January Food Price Index...
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Is the planet approaching “peak fish”? Not so fast, study says
Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled off and aquaculture’s previously explosive growth...
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