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 and food markets, both global and domestic. The analysis is organized along the trends and challenges that lie at the heart of global …
Calling attention to the nearly 800 million chronically undernourished people and over two billion with micronutrient deficiencies, the United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2015 the start of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The 193-member General Assembly adopted a consensus resolution on Friday, calling on the Food and …
Kampala — At least four million Ugandans are food insecure and even those who have food, don't eat in a balanced manner, a report released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), jointly with the Agriculture ministry yesterday, has revealed. The report by the UN agency also says …
Ghana is losing about 15 million cubic metres of forest reserves per annum due to legal and illegal logging, bush burning, illegal mining and settlements. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the country also loses about 5 million cubic metres of forest resources annually …
Africa: US Ratification of Accord Is Fresh Boost for Global Effort to Combat Rogue Fishing Thirty-four countries, including 27 in Africa, are currently in need of external assistance for food due to drought, flooding and civil conflicts, according to a new United Nations report released today. The figure has grown …
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday stressed the importance of community-based forestry in promoting sustainable forest management, reducing poverty and generating jobs and income for rural communities. A new report by the UN agency, which was launched Tuesday at the start of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, said that …
A joint UN assessment report released on Monday states there has been improvements in food security since the April 2015 Gorkha earthquake. The report, however, says the food insecurity still persists in some communities, particularly Dalit and single female-headed households. According to the assessment report, the vulnerable communities that fall …
The latest food security and nutrition assessment for Somalia released Tuesday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in collaboration with the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, describes the situation as critical and says it could get worse. The report says Somalia will continue to …
The genetic diversity of livestock can play a vital role in feeding the world in the face of hotter weather and the other effects of climate change, yet many valuable breeds continue to be at risk, the United Nations agricultural agency warned today, calling for stronger global efforts to safeguard …
Fisheries data assembled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) suggest that global marine fisheries catches increased to 86 million tonnes in 1996, then slightly declined. Here, using a decade-long multinational ‘catch reconstruction’ project covering the Exclusive Economic Zones of the world’s maritime countries and the High Seas from 1950 …
Crop and livestock production prospects in Southern Africa have been weakened by the El Niño weather phenomenon that has lowered rains and increased temperatures. A reduced agricultural output would follow on last year's disappointing season, which has already contributed to higher food prices and "could acutely impact the food security …
Everybody knows that burning of fossil fuels is the biggest of climate change. But, another important factor that is often brushed under the carpet is meat consumption. Scientists have estimated that about 15% of all emissions come from worldwide livestock, mostly reared for consumption of meat or milk. That's a …
Paris — Cross River known for its support for forest conservation wants the review of the REDD scheme to meet community aspirations. The state also plans to establish green police to grow new trees and safeguard existing forest. BOTHERED that the implementation of the United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation …
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released new guidelines on Tuesday to assist countries in better conserving and sustainably using genetic resources for food and agriculture in times of climate change. "Genetic resources for food and agriculture encompass the diversity of plants, animals, forests, aquatic resources, micro-organisms and invertebrates that …
NEARLY 16% of Indonesia’s 250m people survive on $1.90 a day or less, as do more than 6% of Cambodia’s 15m people. In both countries, rice is the staple crop, providing more than half the daily calories of the poor. That puts needy Cambodians at a distinct advantage: between January …
The world is struggling to protect the environment and achieve sustainability. Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions are real concerns. Population growth has exploded from around one billion people two centuries ago to seven billion now, of which more than 10 per cent do not have enough to eat. Under …
With pulses too expensive and unavailable on PDS, the urban and rural poor are relying heavily on starch for sustenance Women and men working on the hillsides is a common sight when travelling through Odisha's Kandhamal district. All day, they crouch in the scorching sun, using crude tools to break …
The Food Agricultural Organisation (FAO), City of Kigali and YALA Africa are in a joint effort to combat malnutrition by using Spirulina farming. Spirulina is a blue-green alga (grown in water) that is 65 per cent protein-rich and contains all essential vitamins and minerals needed for a child's healthy development …
The world's forests continue to shrink as populations increase and forest land is converted to agriculture and other uses, but over the past 25 years the rate of net global deforestation has slowed down by more than 50 percent, FAO said in a report recently. Some 129 million hectares of …
In conventional agriculture, the practice is to plough the land and loosen the soil before planting. But agricultural experts are warning against this method, saying that it is not sustainable for the world's burgeoning population -- which the United Nations projects will reach 8.5 billion people by 2030, from 7.3 …
Gertrude Kabusimbi Kenyangi, a Ugandan forest conservationist, has been named winner of the 2015 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions award. The award, with a cash prize of $20,000 (Shs 72m), is in recognition of Kenyangi's promotion of conservation and sustainable use of forests. The award was given by the Collaborative Partnership …
