Tag: UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO

• Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  FAO calls for withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides in developing countries

  

  The tragic incident in Bihar, India, where 23 school children died after eating a school meal contaminated with monocrotophos, is an important reminder to speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from markets in developing countries, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.

• Friday, July 26th 2013 - 04:34 UTC

  FAO forecasts new record level of cereals production this year: 2.479m tons

  

  World total cereal production is forecast to increase by about 7% in 2013 compared to last year, helping to replenish global inventories and raise expectations for more stable markets in 2013/14, according to the latest issue of FAO quarterly Crop Prospects and Food Situation.

• Monday, July 8th 2013 - 23:57 UTC

  FAO and WHO agree on new Alimentarius Codex with stricter standards for healthier diets

  

  The UN food standards body Codex Alimentarius has agreed on new standards to protect the health of consumers worldwide. These include standards on fruit, vegetables, fish and fishery products and animal feed.

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 08:16 UTC

  Food commodity markets more balanced in 2013/14, says FAO Outlook

  

  Food commodity markets, in particular for cereals, are set to be more balanced in 2013/14, according to FAO Food Outlook report published on Thursday. World food imports in 2013 are tentatively forecast at 1.09 trillion dollars, close to last year's level, but 13% below the record of 2011, the biannual report on global food markets said.

• Monday, June 10th 2013 - 22:31 UTC

  Slower global agricultural production in next decade but prices above historic average, says FAO

  

  Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5% a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1% between 2003 and 2012, according to a new report published by the OECD and FAO released this week.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 05:43 UTC

  FAO suggests farming and feeding on insects can address global food insecurity

  

  While insects can be slimy, cringe-inducing creatures, often squashed on sight by humans, a new book released by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says beetles, wasps and caterpillars are also an unexplored nutrition source that can help address global food insecurity.

• Monday, April 15th 2013 - 02:56 UTC

  Bird flu reaches Beijing; first case outside east China which has reported 51 infections

  

  Chinese capital Beijing reported on Saturday its first case of a new strain of bird flu, state news agency Xinhua said, the first time it has been found in a human outside of eastern China.