<p>The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020 (SOCO 2020) aims to discuss policies and mechanisms that promote sustainable outcomes – economic, social and environmental – in agricultural
Various , United Nation (UN) agencies - United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nation's Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nation's Industrial Development Programme (UNIDP) -
The world's leading environmental thinkers drawn from government, business and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have created a blueprint for future joint action to foster global environmental
a report of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (fao) shows that 31 countries faced food emergencies during 1997 as against 25 countries in 1996. The report blames bad weather, poor crops and
More than 11 million children die every year before reaching the age of five, out of which nearly eight million deaths are caused by pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, mala ria and malnutrition. Many of
A report recently released by the United Nations' Food and Agri culture Organization (fao) and the World Food Pro grame (wfp), has predic ted that Rwanda will need substantial food assistance this
a bloody war is brewing within the portals of the United Nations as two un bodies, the Food and Agricultural Organization (fao) and the un Environment Programme (unep) fight for the
The Food and Agriculture Organization, ( fao) a body of the UN, has remarked that unless water-short farmers in Asia resort to
In the battle for securing a larger share of the world s genetic diversity, the ubiquitous farmer seems to have emerged as the unlikely winner, reports <font class='UCASE'>sumita dasgupta</font>
Conservation and sustainable use of plants is the prime issue on the agenda of the participants in the ongoing Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Leipzig. Germany.
The recently concluded FAO meeting on the control over plant genetic resources, their conservation and sustainable use has left the North and the South bracing up for a major battle in the days to come
