World food prices in February at all-time high
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 140.7 points in February, up 3.9 per cent from January, 20.7 per cent above its level a year earlier, and 3.1 points higher than reached in February 2011.
Mar 06, 2022, 14:39 PM IST
World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021: Food and Agriculture Organisation
World food prices jumped 28% in 2021 to their highest level in a decade, the Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Jan 06, 2022, 17:06 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to release Rs 75 commemorative coin to mark Food and Agriculture Organization anniversary
The PM will also dedicate to the nation 17 recently developed biofortified varieties of 8 crops.
Oct 15, 2020, 20:37 PM IST
822 million suffer from chronic malnutrition, FAO says
New Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, faces the challenge of mobilizing more public and private efforts against malnutrition, in a clear rise in the world for the last three years.
Aug 02, 2019, 16:05 PM IST
Italy's energy giant, FAO ink Nigeria water accord
The FAO will provide support by identifying the areas to sink the wells as well as technical expertise in the region covered by the project.
Feb 28, 2018, 11:25 AM IST
20 mn people on brink of famine - These 4 African countries face 'unprecedented' humanitarian crisis
Famine is defined as occurring when 20 per cent of the population is starving, 30 per cent of the children are extremely malnourished, and the mortality rate has reached double its average.
May 19, 2017, 08:54 AM IST
Boko Haram violence leaves over 7 million facing starvation
Over 7 million people are starving in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria as a result of violence by the Boko Haram terror group, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported.
Feb 25, 2017, 10:57 AM IST
Panama's indigenous tribes launch drones to fight deforestation
Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation on their lands as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world`s most biodiverse rainforests, the United Nations said.
Jun 02, 2016, 10:39 AM IST
3.9 million in South Sudan face extreme hunger: UN
Extreme hunger is pushing people to the brink of a catastrophe in parts of South Sudan as 3.9 million people nationwide face severe food insecurity
Oct 23, 2015, 10:03 AM IST
India's rice exports may drop by 20% in 2016: FAO
India's rice exports may decline by 20 percent in 2016 due to tight supplies and growing domestic demand, according to the UN body FAO.
Jul 13, 2015, 20:45 PM IST
$160 needed per person to end world hunger: FAO
A UN body on Friday said only USD 160 (about Rs 10,000) is all that is needed annually per person living in extreme poverty to eradicate world hunger by 2030.
Jul 10, 2015, 22:00 PM IST
Sustaining 4% growth in agri sector a challenge: Singh
Sustaining 4 percent growth in the farm sector is a challenging task though it remains one of the top priorities of the government, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Monday.
Jun 08, 2015, 18:40 PM IST
UN urges action to fix 'broken' world food system
The United Nations urged political leaders from around the world on Wednesday to up their game in the fight to wipe out malnutrition, a global scourge which afflicts poor and rich alike.
Nov 19, 2014, 18:14 PM IST
World food prices fall for sixth straight month in Sept, longest in 15 years: FAO
Bumper harvests and big stockpiles of food are helping to drive world food prices down to the lowest levels for about 15 years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Thursday.
Oct 09, 2014, 18:40 PM IST
India not blocking rule-based global trade: PM
In the WTO talks in Geneva in July, India had taken a tough stance on the issue of foodgrain holding and food subsidy after which the US blamed it for failure of the negotiations.
Sep 09, 2014, 15:50 PM IST
Modi urges FAO to take the lead in protecting interests of poor and farmers at WTO
Modi asserted that India does not stand in the way of a rule-based global trade agreement, but India cannot sacrifice the interests and food security of the poor and the farmers.
Sep 09, 2014, 13:14 PM IST
India needs to work more to address poverty: FAO
India, the world's second largest wheat and rice grower, needs to make speedier progress towards reducing the number of hungry people, a top official of the UN food agency FAO said Monday.
Sep 08, 2014, 17:32 PM IST
Fighting in Gaza hits local food production & prices: FAO
The violence in Gaza has brought local food production to a halt as 17,000 hectares of farmland have been damaged substantially forcing farmers and herders to abandon their lands, according to the UN body FAO.
Aug 18, 2014, 20:47 PM IST
World food prices hit six-month low in July: FAO
FAO raised its outlook for global cereal production by 18 million tonnes to 2.498 billion tonnes.
Aug 07, 2014, 15:56 PM IST
