Tag: FAO

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  November FAO Food Price Index, highest since April 2023, boosted by dairy and vegetable oils

  

  The FAO Food Price Index, FFPI, averaged 127.5 points in November 2024, up 0.5 percent from the October level and reaching its highest value since April 2023. The increase was driven by higher price quotations for dairy products and vegetable oils, which slightly outweighed declines in the meat, cereals, and sugar quotations. Compared to historical levels, the FFPI in November was 5.7 percent higher than its corresponding value a year ago but remained 20.4 percent below its peak of 160.2 points reached in March 2022.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

  FAO regional forum on sustainable livestock starting in Punta del Este

  

  A regional conference for the sustainable transformation of livestock hosted jointly by Uruguay's Agriculture and Livestock Ministry and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is starting Tuesday at the exclusive beach resort of Punta del Este in the department (province) of Maldonado.

• Monday, October 7th 2024 - 08:16 UTC

  FAO Food Price for September recorded fastest increase in 18 months

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, as pointed out by the latest FAO report.

• Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:50 UTC

  Potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass in all oceans, FAO report

  

  New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with high reliance on aquatic foods, according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:04 UTC

  FAO Report: for the first time aquaculture production surpasses capture fisheries

  

  World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

  Food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May, as higher prices of cereals and dairy products outweighed decreases in quotations for sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 21:43 UTC

  April FAO food prices index slightly higher, vegetable oils and cereals climbing

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as higher prices of meat and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals outweighed decreases in sugar and dairy product prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:43 UTC

  Colombia going through acute food insecurity

  

  A document released Wednesday by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) together with the United Nation's (UN) Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) showed that, under leftwing President Gustavo Petro, Colombia had for the first time joined the list of countries going through acute food insecurity.

• Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

  FAO launches fishing Global Information Exchange System under the 2009 agreement on port measures

  

  Global exchange of information on compliance with national, regional, and international fisheries laws and regulations governing sustainable fishing is now possible with the launch of the Global Information Exchange System, GIES, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

  FAO launches the International Year of Camelids 2024 and their global impact

  

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched the International Year of Camelids 2024 on Monday at its Rome headquarters, to recognize and celebrate the vital contributions these animals make to livelihoods, food security, and nutrition.