Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 20:14 UTC

  Uruguay quality beef complies with EU demands on deforestation, sustainability and traceability

  

  The protein consumption of Uruguayans has averaged some 95 kilos per person, a few more kilos than back in 1918, when after reaching a peak of 87, had begun to fall. Of the total 95 kilos, 46 have been beef, with the rest chicken and pork, according to Conrado Ferber, head of the Uruguay National Meats Institute, INAC.

• Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

  Mendoza and Newcastle win the FAO Green Cities Initiative Awards

  

  FAO presented Mendoza in Argentina and Newcastle in the United Kingdom with its first-ever Green Cities Initiative Awards during a special event for its Green Cities Initiative, GCI.

• 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.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 08:41 UTC

  World Fisheries Day 2022: Investing in social protection to secure and protect fishers’ rights

  

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Vatican, and the Catholic maritime charity, Stella Maris, marked on Tuesday World Fisheries Day with a call for greater social protection for small-scale fishers and fish workers.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  World food commodity prices 33,6% higher than in March 2021, FAO report

  

  World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  World food prices in 2021 remained 28,1% higher than in 2020, FAO report

  

  World food prices fell slightly in December as international prices for vegetable oils and sugar fell significantly from lofty levels, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, reported.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 21:29 UTC

  Uruguay signs deal with FAO to promote sustainable agriculture

  

  Uruguay's Federal Agricultural Cooperatives (CAF) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have signed a letter of agreement to promote agricultural awareness nationwide through the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, MGAP, it was announced.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 18:45 UTC

  Food prices fall slightly in July for the second month running, FAO report

  

  Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to the benchmark United Nations FAO report. The FAO food price averaged 123.0 points in July 2021, 1.2% lower than the previous month although still 31.0% higher than its level in the same period of 2020.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 07:41 UTC

  Food Systems Pre Summit takes off this Monday in Rome: UN and Italy hosts

  

  Several Mercosur top officials will be attending the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Pre Summit that takes off this Monday in Rome until 28 July. The UN and Italy are hosting the Pre-Summit gathering under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi.

• 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.