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 …
This document reports on the outcome of the Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance, concluded in February 2013, which adopted Voluntary Guidelines for Flag State Performance, and which are being presented herewith for endorsement by COFI. It also gives an overview of the progress and status of the 2009 FAO …
Businesses across the country now have access to the world's first guidance document which outlines how to design effective food waste prevention programmes based on proven experiences across the globe. The new tool - Think.Eat.Save Guidance Version 1.0 - has been released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the …
The first ‘satellite remote-sensing laboratory’ of the country was inaugurated on Tuesday at the crop reporting services centre functioning in the agriculture extension division office. Agriculture Secretary Ahmed Bakhsh Narejo inaugurated the lab established in collaboration with the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) and the Food and …
Laamu atoll to set benchmark for climate change development, says UNDP thumbnail The United Nations in Maldives launched its new project, the ‘Low Emission Climate Resilient Development (LECReD) Programme’ in Fonadhoo, Laamu atoll yesterday (May 18). Azusa Kubota, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) representative, said the ambitious programme would set …
High hopes for fishing hitting sustainable levels as rise in aquaculture decreases over-exploitation of wild stocks Humans have never eaten so much fish and other seafood, but nearly half of it is no longer caught wild but is grown in farms, says the United Nations. New figures from the Rome-based …
A new centre in Nairobi is exploring whether 100 traditional African crops could bring food security to millions of people Smallholders and the rural poor in Africa grow a huge variety of edible plants other than maize, wheat and rice. These other crops – including baobab, amaranth, breadfruit and the …
There was slump in livestock farming in the country as compared to last year. According to the preliminary estimate of the agro products of the FY 2070-71 BS publicized by the ministry, the productivity of the cow farming, buffalo rearing, and poultry has come down as compared to last year. …
A 15-member team of the National Food Safety Laboratory, with support from the FAO came up with the findings after collecting and testing food samples from the capital’s Gulshan, Karwanbazar and Mohakhali markets Unsafe levels of pesticides are present in around half of the vegetables and more than a quarter …
Per capita vegetable production in Asia and the Pacific has increased some 25 percent over the last decade. Yet, while Asian countries produce more than three-quarters of the worlds vegetables, they and other producers worldwide will need to dramatically increase their vegetable production by 47 percent to meet the nutritional …
The Middle East's driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers' livelihoods blighted, U.N. experts and climatologists say. Varying degrees of drought are hitting almost two thirds of the limited arable land across Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian territories …
20% People Globally Are Fat: Study New Delhi: There are more overweight or obese people, 904 million adults, in the developing countries than the developed world, about 557 million. Similarly, more than 30 million overweight children live in the developing world compared to just 10 million in the developed countries. …
Fish population has been found to be very low during a survey currently in progress in 13 major creeks of Sindh. So far, 147 species of marine fauna have been identified. The survey is being carried out in Issaro, Wadi Kuddi, Dabbo, Mal, Pittaini, Hajamro, Chaan, Richhal, Jang River, Chann, …
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry has launched a special program to protect sharks that are facing the threat of extinction. Accordingly, the ministry has prepared a special plan for the protection and management of sharks called the Sri Lanka National Plan of Action for protection and management of …
The typhoon that hit the Philippines has caused crop losses worth $110 million and inflicted damage to the agriculture sector of more than twice that figure, preliminary estimates from the United Nation's food agency showed on Tuesday. Some 153,495 hectares (ha) of rice paddy, maize and other high value crops …
The Bio-safety Core Committee may give approval for introduction of genetically modified brinjal, known as Bt brinjal, in the country on Monday. The committee could not reach any decision about the bt variety in its meeting on Sunday, Director General Rafiqul Islam Mondol of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) said …
Between 2014-18, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will provide assistance USD 4.78M related to agriculture, food and nutrition in Bhutan The FAO country representative in Thailand, Somsak Pipoppinyo, and Gross National Happiness Commission’s officiating secretary, Thinley Namgay, signed the country program framework (CPF) agreement last morning in Thimphu. The …
Country’s Hunger Index Has Dropped Three Points, But Stays In ‘Alarming’ Category: Global Hunger Report In a striking irony, the number of hungry people in the world was estimated at 842 million in 2011-13 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released on Monday even as world cereal production was …
Procurement & distribution under new Act will not be substantially higher than ongoing PDS India made it clear at the just-concluded Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) meeting of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome that the procurement of foodgrains and distribution under the new Food Security Act will …
Global Ministerial meet seeks policy convergence for better food security Union Food Minister K.V. Thomas on Monday told the FAO Committee on World Food Security that India’s new food law would ensure equitable distribution of food grains to all sections. “India’s new Act marks a paradigm shift from the welfare …
India will present its case on its new food security legislation at the 40th ministerial conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome next week. Some WTO member-countries had questioned whether India’s stockholding to support 67 per cent of its population with subsidised food grains will distort international trade …
