Tag: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 12:40 UTC

  FAO forecasts record world cereal production buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and US

  

  Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in 2014. Buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and a record maize output in the United States this year's cereal output should reach 2.532 billion tonnes, including rice in milled terms, or 0.3% higher than 2013, according to FAO's latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report.

• Friday, November 21st 2014 - 08:56 UTC

  Pope Francis condemns speculation with food commodities at FAO conference

  

  Pope Francis condemned speculation in food commodities and greed for profits today, saying they were undermining the global fight against poverty and hunger. Addressing a United Nations conference on nutrition, he called on rich nations to share their wealth and denounced waste, excessive consumption and unequal distribution of food.

• Friday, October 10th 2014 - 06:13 UTC

  Bumper harvests and stockpiles driving down cereal prices, says FAO report

  

  Food markets are more stable and prices for most agricultural commodities are sharply lower than they have been in recent years, according to the latest edition of FAO's biannual Food Outlook report and a new update to the Organization's monthly Food Price Index.

• Saturday, September 13th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

  World cereal production forecasted to be a record in 2014, according to FAO

  

  FAO's Food Price Index is a trade-weighted index that measures prices of five major food commodities on international markets: in addition to sub-indices for prices of cereals, it also tracks meat, dairy products, vegetable oils, and sugar.

• Tuesday, August 5th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Food loss and waste in Latam could feed the region's 47 million hungry

  

  In Latin America and the Caribbean more food is lost and wasted than is needed to meet the nutritional needs of the 47 million people who still suffer from hunger in the region, according to FAO. The report Losses and waste of food in Latin America and the Caribbean of the FAO Regional Office says that 6% of global food losses occur in the region.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 22:49 UTC

  FAO/WHO elaborating new guidelines for identifying food-borne parasites

  

  A “Top Ten” list identifying the food-borne parasites of greatest global concern has been released by FAO, and new guidelines are being developed to control them. The parasites affect the health of millions of people every year, infecting muscle tissues and organs, causing epilepsy, anaphylactic shock, amoebic dysentery and other problems. Some can live on in our bodies for decades.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 22:42 UTC

  FAO food price index down for third month running: plenty of corn and wheat

  

  The FAO Food Price Index was down for a third consecutive month in June, a decline mostly influenced by lower wheat, maize and palm oil prices that reflected ample supplies and improved global production prospects for these commodities.

• Monday, June 9th 2014 - 06:27 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index down for the second consecutive month in May

  

  The FAO Food Price Index was down for the second consecutive month in May, continuing its retreat from the 10-month high it experienced in March. Prices fell as generally ample supplies weighed on international prices for most commodities included in the Index.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 09:52 UTC

  FAO challenge: insects to feed sustainably a world population of 9 billion

  

  Insects can provide a sustainable and environmentally-friendly option for animal feed, in addition to already being a mainstay of human diets for 2 billion people worldwide, FAO Assistant Director-General Eduardo Rojas-Briales told an international gathering of researchers in The Netherlands.

• Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 09:34 UTC

  Reducing fisheries wastage, harmful practices and improving traceability

  

  An estimated 1.3 billion tons of food are lost per year, which is up to about one-third of all food produced. This figure includes post-harvest fish losses, which tend to be greater in small-scale fisheries, according to the latest edition of FAO’s The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture.