Angola: Under-fed people reduced by half
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How a Seed Bank, Almost Lost in Syria’s War, Could Help Feed a Warming Planet
Ali Shehadeh, a seed hunter, opened the folders... Read More »
Another Obama Decision Reversed? Now It’s About Food Safety.
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Waste: Subsidies make it cheaper to burn than recycle
The growing trend of burning waste for energy... Read More »
FAO to G7: agriculture and rural development crucial in responses to conflicts, hunger and migration
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Nigeria: States Urged to Increase Funding for Nutrition
The minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole,... Read More »
FAO calls for new food systems to conquer malnutrition in all its forms
Companies and consumers must step up their... Read More »
Second Committee Emphasizes Climate Change During Sustainable Development Debate
9 October 2017: The UN General Assembly’s... Read More »
How did that get there? Plastic chunks on Arctic ice show how far pollution has spread
Discovery by UK scientists prompts fear that... Read More »
Protect indigenous people to help fight climate change, says UN rapporteur
Global leaders must do more to protect... Read More »
Forget the Paris agreement. The real solution to climate change is in the U.S. tax code.
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Britain plans deposit return scheme to clamp down on throw-away bottles
Britain will work with industry to launch a... Read More »
Not So Sweet: 75 Percent of Honey Samples Had Key Pesticide
When researchers collected honey samples from... Read More »
Facing an even hotter, drier climate, Jordan testing desert agriculture
Hope in Jordan is taking the form of a cucumber... Read More »
FAO-World Bank launch $36 million programme to scale up famine-fighting in Yemen
3 October 2017: Cairo/Rome - The World Bank and... Read More »
New Project to Strengthen Food Safety in Cambodia
Funded by the United States Agency for... Read More »
U.S. and Syria are now the only nations that don’t support the Paris climate agreement
Nicaragua announced Wednesday its intention to... Read More »
Capacity building is a prerequisite to advocacy: An experience from Tanzania
On 13 September 2017, researchers from the... Read More »
£4.5 million flood alleviation scheme to open in Cannington
Emma Howard Boyd will open the new defence... Read More »
Montreal Protocol: Successful Ozone and Climate Agreement Turns 30
Three decades after its conception, the... Read More »
Rome Agencies Call for Zero Tolerance on Food Waste
Only one-quarter of the food wasted globally... Read More »
The establishment of the Italian Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security
On the 19th of July 2017, the Italian Chamber... Read More »
World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
After steadily declining for over a decade,... Read More »
Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level Event on Hurricane Irma [as delivered]
Guterres: "I welcome the Regional Response Plan... Read More »
Latin America offers technical support for food security to Kenya
With FAO's support, within the South-South... Read More »
USDA Announces more than $8.6 Million to Support Community Food Projects
WASHINGTON, D.C September 12, 2017 – The U.S.... Read More »
Gone with the wind? China determined to end wind power subsidies by 2020
Beijing has approved the nation’s first ever... Read More »
Why Pollution-Free Growth Now Is Vital For Asia's Health And Future
Senior government officials from across Asia... Read More »
El Salvador learns from the successful Brazilian school feeding programme
El Salvador to incorporate the principles,... Read More »
Ethiopia - Drought response plan and priorities in 2017
Despite widespread emergency response... Read More »
Brazil abolishes huge Amazon reserve in 'biggest attack' in 50 years
The dissolution of the Renca reserve – which... Read More »
Carbon capture and storage: Norway still top of the class
Norway’s energy giant Statoil is developing a... Read More »
Capacity Building and Technology Update: West Africa Accelerates Climate Change Learning, UN Training Builds Capacity for DRR in Asia
Recent capacity-building initiatives promoted... Read More »
Bayer-Monsanto Deal Faces Deeper Scrutiny in Europe
European antitrust regulators opened an... Read More »
Egypt in Charm Offensive - Seeks Revision of Nile Treaty to Safeguard Water Source
Egypt is trying to convince countries to adopt... Read More »
US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal
Staff at the US Department of Agriculture... Read More »
Belgium admits it knew about contaminated Dutch eggs back in June
Belgium has admitted it knew in June that eggs... Read More »
success of campaign to cut food waste
Thousands of South Yorkshire residents are... Read More »
Deforestation may soar now Colombian civil war is over
The armed group may unexpectedly have helped... Read More »
World Bank, UNIDO Address Water Scarcity, Management in Cities
The World Bank is providing financing for... Read More »
Sea level rise to cause chronic flooding in Delaware Bay and Jersey Coast, scientists say
About 170 coastal communities across the nation... Read More »
Aid groups bypass UN in joint call to prevent mass starvation
As disease outbreaks raise the danger for as... Read More »
How Food in Venezuela Went From Subsidized to Scarce
Venezuela was once the richest country in South... Read More »
Taking Action for Sustainable Development: Nepal, Japan, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Kenya and Chile
During the High-Level Political Forum on... Read More »
Cape Town needs a new approach to manage water
Cape Town, located in South Africa’s Western... Read More »
France To Ban All Gas And Diesel Cars By 2040
Emboldened by President Donald Trump's decision... Read More »
France lays out plan to restrict use of palm oil in biofuels
France will take steps to restrict the use of... Read More »
Brazil sends meat safety report to EU, vows reinforced inspections
Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said in a report... Read More »
UN: Millions of Kenyans will be in need of relief food by August
More than 3.6 million Kenyans will be in need... Read More »
WFP chief urges EU to step up funds for Africa famine
The UN food agency’s director urged the... Read More »