Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 20:23 UTC

  World cereal and sugar prices dip in August, but meat is up 12.3% in eight months

  

  Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 20:07 UTC

  Brazilian bees decimated by pesticides which are banned in Europe

  

  More than half a billion bees dropped dead in Brazil within just three months, according to Bloomberg. Researchers say the main cause of death is pesticides, which could end up affecting more than the bees.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 12:15 UTC

  Global food commodity prices saw a slight decline in July

  

  The FAO's Food Price Index, (FPI) - a trade-weighted index that measures prices of five major food commodities on international markets - averaged 170.9 points in July 2019, slipping 1.1 percent below its level in June but up 2.3 percent from a year earlier.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:13 UTC

  German lawmakers propose higher VAT rate on meat to combat global warming

  

  Green and Social Democrat (SPD) politicians in Germany say the 7% sales tax (VAT) rate on meat should be raised to 19% to help curb global warming and fund animal welfare improvements.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 20:48 UTC

  UN: Global Action Plan to boost family farming and achieve zero hunger

  

  Family farmers have an important role in the global fight to end hunger and promote a healthy diet, according to the President of the United Nations General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) states that, in a context in which almost one million plants and animal species are endangered by the impact of man, traditional agriculture can make a contribution essential to safeguard agricultural biodiversity.

• Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Uruguay supports China's candidate as next FAO Director General

  

  Uruguay formally announced it will support China's Agriculture and Rural Affairs deputy minister as the next Director-General of FAO to be elected June 2019. The official statement was made by Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa during a meeting with China's Deputy Prime Minister Hu Chunhua in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  FAO, OIE, and WHO launch One Health approach guide to addressing zoonotic diseases


  

  Zoonotic diseases continue to be a threat to global health, causing millions of deaths and economic losses every year. To support countries to control these diseases, the Tripartite organizations (FAO, OIE and WHO) launched a guide entitled ‘Taking a Multisectoral, One Health Approach: A Tripartite Guide to Addressing Zoonotic Diseases in Countries’.

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Global food prices started 2019 with a rebound, says FAO

  

  Global food prices began the year on a buoyant note, as the FAO Food Price Index averaged 164.8 points in January 2019, up 1.8 percent from the previous month. A sharp rebound in dairy price quotations and firmer prices of palm and soy oils drove the increase, the United Nations agency said today.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  This year will again be positive for global cereal production, anticipates FAO

  

  The United Nations FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2.601 million tons, primarily due to higher estimates for wheat production in Canada and China. Nonetheless, the new forecast remains 2.1 percent below the record level achieved in 2017.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index dipped in October pushed by dairy, meat and vegetable oils

  

  International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices, the United Nations said. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 163.5 points in October, down 0.9 percent from September and 7.4 percent below its level a year earlier.