Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 07:29 UTC

  Forests and trees are key for a sustainable future

  

  ROME - Time is running out for the world's forests, whose total area is shrinking by the day, warns a new FAO report urging governments to foster an all-inclusive approach to benefit both trees and those who rely on them.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  Dairy prices push the FAO Food Price Index up in May

  

  Global agricultural food commodity prices rose in May, with dairy prices jumping significantly. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 176.2 points during the month, up 1.2% from April.

• Friday, February 2nd 2018 - 07:25 UTC

  Record inventory levels for wheat and maize, says FAO's latest forecast

  

  The current marketing season (2017/18) should end with record inventory levels for wheat and maize following better-than-earlier-expected harvests, based on FAO's latest forecasts.

• Friday, December 15th 2017 - 07:01 UTC

  Argentina prepares to fight Zica with sterile mosquitoes by radiation

  

  After its success in controlling a devastating fruit fly with nuclear technology, Argentina is gearing up to fight a new enemy: mosquitoes that transmit Zika, in addition to dengue and chikungunya. The method applied in both cases is the sterile insect technique, SIT, an insect birth control method that uses irradiation to sterilize and release insects to suppress pest populations.

• Monday, December 11th 2017 - 01:48 UTC

  Fishing subsidies to be on the WTO summit table in Buenos Aires

  

  Meeting for the first time in Latin America, the World Trade Organization’s 11th Ministerial Conference will take place in Buenos Aires from 10-13 December. Central to this year’s talks will be an international deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies. These are government payments or tax breaks that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing and illegal fishing (IUU) globally.

• Friday, November 10th 2017 - 17:35 UTC

  WHO, FAO and OIE call for responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals

  

  In the lead-up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week (13-19 November 2017), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are together calling for responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals to reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2017 - 09:32 UTC

  FAO forecasts an all time record global cereal production

  

  Global food prices dipped in August, mainly as the prospect of bumper cereal harvests pushed up expectations for larger grain inventories. The FAO Food Price Index declined 1.3% from July, averaging 176.6 points in August.

• Thursday, July 13th 2017 - 18:30 UTC

  Global food commodity prices rose in June, led by wheat and meat prices.

  

  The FAO monthly Food Price Index averaged 175.2 points in June, up 1.4% from May and 7.0% from a year earlier. The FAO Cereal Price Index rose by 4.2% in the month, amid surging prices of high-protein wheat due to deteriorating crop conditions in the United States of America. Maize prices, by contrast, declined amid record harvests in South America.

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2017 - 14:55 UTC

  Global food prices down with expectations of robust supplies in key staples

  

  Global food commodity prices fell in April amid expectations of ongoing robust supplies of many key staples. The FAO Food Prices Index averaged 168 points in April, down 1.8% from March although remaining 10% higher than a year earlier.

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 12:36 UTC

  Global prices fell in March amid large supplies and expected strong harvests

  

  Global food prices monitored by FAO fell in March amid large available supplies and expectations of strong harvests. The FAO Food Price Index averaged nearly 171 points in March, marking a 2.8 percent drop from the previous month while remaining 13.4 percent above its level a year earlier.