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 …
India, the world’s second biggest wheat and rice grower, saw the number of people who suffered from chronic hunger drop by 6.5% to 21.38 crore during 2011-13, according to a joint report by UN food agencies. During 2008-10, as many as 22.86 crore people were undernourished in the country, it …
A new climate change mitigation project to promote sustainable biomass energy production and modern bio-energy technologies in Sri Lanka commenced with an inception workshop on September 17, 2013. The project is aimed at supporting Sri Lankan industries to meet energy needs from locally sourced fuel wood derived through sustainable practices, …
The world wastes 1.3 billion tons of food annually—a third of all the food that’s produced—according to a report published last week by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This waste not only results in major economic loss, but also causes significant harm to the natural resources that …
Rome : The food the world wastes accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except for China and the United States, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday. Every year about a third of all food for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes, is wasted, along …
Experts are sounding a new alarm about the effects of climate change for parts of the Caribbean - the depletion of already strained drinking water throughout much of the region. Rising sea levels could contaminate supplies of fresh water and changing climate patterns could result in less rain to supply …
There has been a 70 per cent decline in the catch of large-sized shrimp over the past four decades while the landing of colossal-sized shrimp has reduced to almost zero, says a recent report which strongly recommends imposition of the official two-month fishing ban on the catch of shrimp from …
The state-run Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) has claimed that there has been about 30.6 per cent fall in the tea cultivation area in the country over the last ten years. The tea growers have, however, contradicted the finding saying that it has rather expanded. The latest research by SRDI …
As Madhya Pradesh takes lead in the country in terms of agriculture growth rate at an impressive 14%, the state would do well to address the problem of fake pesticides, scientists, policy makers and agriculture experts said. The issue has come into sharper focus after recently Food & Agricultural Organisation …
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will provide financial assistance for two major agriculture projects in Sri Lanka. At a discussion between Agriculture Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane and FAO Country Representative Bath S. Crowfoy, FAO representatives agreed to provide assistance for two projects for the establishment …
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) published Tuesday new guidelines on reducing emission of agricultural greenhouse gas to help tackle causes of global warming. Agriculture is directly responsible for over 10 per cent of all human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, said the new FAO guidance published form the …
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Thursday said the death of 23 children at Chapra in Bihar after eating school meal contaminated with monocrotophos was an important reminder to speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from markets in the developing countries. Monocrotophos is an organophosphorus …
The Ministry of National Food Security and Research is gearing up to launch an awareness campaign to make farmers understand the risks of toxic substances. The move came after the FAO urged developing countries to withdraw highly hazardous pesticides from their markets. FAO says that the entire distribution and disposal …
Developing countries should speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from their markets following the death of 23 children from contaminated food in India, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday. The children in the Indian state of Bihar died earlier this month after eating a …
For countries with rich culinary traditions that date back to the Aztecs and Incas, Mexico and Peru have developed quite a taste for modern food fashions. Mexicans quaff more fizzy drinks than any other country; Peru has the highest density of fast-food joints in the world. Chile, one of the …
Exporters seek govt help as a close vigil by the US raises costs and obstructs sales Basmati rice exports to the US have plunged because many Indian firms are under an import alert by the US authorities, leading to a detailed scrutiny for pesticide residue in every grain being shipped …
Food Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said that government’s efforts for strengthening food security and fighting huger has significantly helped reduce undernourished people to 16.8 per cent from the earlier level of 34.6 per cent in the country over the years, reports BSS. Quoting a recent research survey conducted by the …
Amid reports of contamination of food products in China, UN's Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has expressed concerns over pollution and food safety issues in the world's second largest economy. "We're concerned about pollution in general," Graziano da Silva, director-general of the FAO said. "We have seen a lot of …
China will remain self-sufficient in the main food crops, though output will slow in the next decade under increasing resource and rural labor constraints, according to a new forecast by two international agencies. China will import more oilseed and livestock, for both the meat and dairy sectors, as consumption growth …
Development cannot take place at the cost of ecology, environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has said, making it clear that environmental approval for projects will be given only after a fair and transparent assessment. “We, at the ministry, have to be very sure that the concerns with which we look at …
FAO Hails Bugs As An Underutilized Food For People, Livestock And Pets Rome: The UN has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of …
