Tag: FAO
Europe: FAO releases new policy guidance on trade and food safety
The COVID-19 pandemic will have an unprecedented impact on global and regional trade.
According to the World Trade Organization, world merchandise trade in 2020...
Europe: FAO, GAIN to help SMEs bring improved nutrition to market
FAO and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have agreed to enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, focusing on new approaches...
Americas: Cactus pear a viable food, water source, FAO
During the recent intense drought in southern Madagascar, cactus proved a crucial supply of food, forage and water for local people and their animals....
Asia Pacific: Improve diets urgently for undernourished people, report
The Asia-Pacific region, home to most of the world's undernourished people, needs urgent action to improve diets and reset its food systems which are...
Europe: Russia invests in FAO’s work on antimicrobial resistance
Russia is backing an FAO-led effort to promote food safety and prevent the spread of medicine-resistant 'superbugs' in food and on farms in five...
Europe/Asia: ‘Triple burden’ on nutrition, FAO
Economic growth and rising per capita incomes have all but wiped out hunger in Europe and Central Asia.
As countries become more affluent, changing...
World: Cereal prices continue to rise, FAO
The FAO Food Price Index rose notably in January, led by sugar and cereals, even as global markets remain well supplied.
The Index...
Africa: Drought threatens food supply in the region
With as little as 25% of expected rainfall received, widespread drought conditions in the Horn of Africa have intensified since the failure of the...
Americas: Report finds overweight widespread among children, women
Obesity and overweight are on the rise throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and are particularly prevalent among women and children, according to a...
Europe: FAO report raises forecasts for cereal production, stocks
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 172.6 points in October, up 0.7% for the month and 9.1% from a year earlier, with the staple...