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| 11.11.2024 | Q+A w/ ADM’s Ana Yaluff: ‘Sustainability Is The Foundation Of Our Purpose As A Company’ | 8 Mins Read The company’s Director of Sustainability talks to Green Queen about working towards a more sustainable food and ag value chain in Asia Pacific.
Earlier this year, ADM, a global leader in innovative solutions from nature, release... |
| 07.11.2024 | Billionaires Are the ‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’ of the EU’s Planet-Harming Farm Subsidies, Research Finds | 4 Mins Read Some of Europe’s richest are the “ultimate beneficiaries” linked to €3.3B of the EU’s farm subsidies, a new investigation shows.
What do the inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, the owner of the Wolverhampton Wanderers, a forme... |
| 07.11.2024 | Incoming EU Ag Chief Admits Plant Proteins Need Ramping Up – But for Livestock Feed | 5 Mins Read Soon to be the EU’s farming commissioner, Cristophe Hansen has called meat “part of a balanced diet”, but admitted that we’re “massively underproducing” plant proteins – not in the way you think, though.
In three weeks, Cristoph... |
| 26.10.2024 | Battling Food Insecurity: Nigeria's Urgent Call to Action | Nigeria stands at a crossroads. Food insecurity looms large, casting a shadow over millions. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has launched a critical initiative: the Cadre Harmonisé (CH) analysis. This tool is more than... |
| 26.10.2024 | Addressing Food Insecurity in Nigeria: A Call to Action | Nigeria stands at a crossroads. The specter of food insecurity looms large, casting shadows over millions. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has initiated a crucial analysis known as the Cadre Harmonisé (CH). This effort... |
| 23.10.2024 | More than 2.8 billion people lack access to healthy diets worldwide – UN | Qu Dongyu, the Director-General of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has revealed that more than 2.8 billion people worldwide are unable to afford healthy diets.
He disclosed this at the 2024 World Food Day global... |
| 23.10.2024 | FG to begin ‘Cadre Harmonisé’ analysis to address food insecurity in Nigeria | The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in collaboration with technical experts, has launched a state-level Cadre Harmonisé (CH) analysis aimed at identifying regions grappling with food and nutrition insecurity.
The Cadre Ha... |
| 18.10.2024 | A new $75m investment pilot offers innovative finance for smallholders in low-income countries | “We must urgently address market gaps in financing high-potential but underserved segments of the agrifood sector in low-income countries,” Felipe Dizon, acting program manager, Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), recently... |
| 15.10.2024 | Beko Report Highlights the Role of Refrigeration in World Food Day's 2024 Vision of Securing The Right to Foods | This year's World Food Day theme, 'Right to Foods for a Better Life and a Better Future', emphasizes the need for global access to food, with refrigeration playing a vital yet often overlooked role.
The Right to Refrigeration report reveals... |
| 14.10.2024 | Global food security challenges: 735 million people go hungry | SLOVENIA, October 14 - Ending world hunger is one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations.
Progress in reducing hunger and malnutrition has stalled i... |
| 08.10.2024 | The Race for Protein: How China’s Biotech Advances Are Shaking Up American Politics | In the world of food, a quiet revolution is brewing. It’s not just about what’s on our plates; it’s about who controls the future of food. China is making waves in the biotech sector, particularly in cultivated meat. This has sent ripples t... |
| 04.10.2024 | The Rockefeller Foundation's Bold Climate Initiatives: A Dual Approach to Global Challenges | In a world grappling with climate change and food insecurity, the Rockefeller Foundation is stepping up to the plate. With two significant announcements made on October 4, 2024, the foundation is not just reacting to crises; it is actively ... |
| 04.10.2024 | Rockefeller Foundation Joins G20 Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty to Advance Climate-Resilient School Meals | ROME, Oct. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation became the first philanthropy to join the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty (Global Alliance) at an event today with its President Rajiv Shah, the Brazilian Ambassador t... |
| 03.10.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: A New Era in Sustainable Eating | The world is changing. The food we eat is evolving. Alternative proteins are at the forefront of this transformation. As climate change looms, the need for sustainable food sources has never been more urgent. The alternative protein industr... |
| 02.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Dairy-Free Mozzarella Sticks, Vegan Wetherspoons & Indian Cultivated Meat | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Sunday Supper’s plant-based mozzarella sticks, M&S’s new ... |
| 02.10.2024 | US Republicans Fear China’s Biotech Revolution – Are They Finally Embracing Cultivated Meat? | 5 Mins Read China’s potential biotech dominance – especially its progress with cultivated meat – has spurred Republicans to call for US action to ensure “continued leadership”.
What would it take for a Republican to support cultivated meat?... |
| 26.09.2024 | 63 Latin American Officials Graduate from 2024 UNITAR-FAO Training on Trade and Food Security | 24 September 2024, Geneva – On 2 June 2024, 63 government officials from Latin American countries completed the second edition of a specialized training course on trade, food security, and nutrition, conducted by the United Nations Institut... |
| 19.09.2024 | 86% of Spaniards Would Eat More Plant-Based Meat If They Deliver on Taste, Health & Environmental Benefits | 4 Mins Read A majority of consumers in Spain are open to eating more meat analogues if they offer nutritional and taste parity alongside a lower environmental impact.
In Spain, over half of consumers (56%) have eaten plant-based meat in the... |
| 14.09.2024 | Cultivating Heritage: The Global Farming Culture Exchange in Loudi | In the heart of Hunan Province, a gathering of minds took place. The Second "FROM ZIQUEJIE TERRACES TO THE WORLD" Global Farming Culture Exchange and Mutual Learning Conference unfolded in Loudi City on September 12, 2024. This ev... |
| 14.09.2024 | The Second "FROM ZIQUEJIE TERRACES TO THE WORLD" Global Farming Culture Exchange and Mutual Learning Conference Held | LOUDI, China, Sept. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 12, the opening ceremony and keynote speeches of the Second "FROM ZIQUEJIE TERRACES TO THE WORLD" Global Farming Culture Exchange and Mutual Learning Conference were presen... |
| 13.09.2024 | The Second "FROM ZIQUEJIE TERRACES TO THE WORLD" Global Farming Culture Exchange and Mutual Learning Conference Held | LOUDI, China, Sept. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 12, the opening ceremony and keynote speeches of the Second "FROM ZIQUEJIE TERRACES TO THE WORLD" Global Farming Culture Exchange and Mutual Learning Conference were presen... |
| 11.09.2024 | ‘He is malnourished’: Why Indonesia’s Papua suffers from food insecurity in spite of government intervention | Listen to this article
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| 05.09.2024 | The Future of Farming: Harnessing Data for Sustainable Agriculture in the Global South | In the heart of the Global South, smallholder farmers toil on patches of land, often less than two hectares. These farmers are the unsung heroes of sustainability. They practice intercropping, maintain biodiversity, and use traditional meth... |
| 05.09.2024 | Guest article: Empowering the Global South: why open data is key for sustainable farming, EUDR compliance | Jinal Surti is CEO at Epoch, which deploys earth observation and web3 technology to monitor and report on environmental outcomes at the first mile of supply chains and leverage global payment networks to tie premium payments to improvement ... |
| 03.09.2024 | Africa: Pandemic's Silver Lining--Africa Uses Covid-19 Technology for Agriculture | Port-of-Spain, Trinidad — In this IPS podcast, Inter Press Service correspondent Jewel Fraser talks with a scientist from the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.
Dr. Jean-Baka Entfellner and his colleagues are doin... |
| 27.08.2024 | As swimmers return to the Seine, experts see hope for other long-polluted rivers | “Paris has shown that it is possible to bring even the most polluted rivers back to life,” said Dianna Kopansky, Head of the Freshwater and Wetlands Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “But if we’re to ward off a loomin... |
| 08.08.2024 | Brazil Orders Cattle Rancher to Pay $50M for Destroying the Amazon | 5 Mins Read A Brazilian cattle farmer has been fined $50M for destroying parts of the Amazon rainforest, and ordered to restore the land he deforested.
A federal court in Brazil last month froze the assets of a local cattle rancher, orderin... |
| 07.08.2024 | Lagos State backs new coconut project aims to create 200,000 jobs | The Lagos State Government has revealed that its new coconut project will create at least 200,000 job opportunities for the youth.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, represented by Mrs. Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, the Secretary to the State Government... |
| 03.08.2024 | The Genetic Revolution: Elevating Peru's Alpaca Fiber Industry | In the highlands of Peru, a quiet revolution is underway. It’s not a clash of swords or a fight for territory. Instead, it’s a battle for quality, sustainability, and economic growth. The weapon of choice? Genomics. This scientific approach... |
| 01.08.2024 | MGI Tech Partners with UNALM and Inca Tops to Enhance Alpaca Fiber and Strengthen Peru's Textile Industry | A genetic sequencing project involving 1,500 alpacas from Puno aims to refine the quality and fineness of their fiber.
The adoption of genomics in the alpaca industry offers many advantages, such as enhancing the quality of alpaca fiber and... |
| 01.08.2024 | MGI Tech Partners with UNALM and Inca Tops to Enhance Alpaca Fiber and Strengthen Peru's Textile Industry | A genetic sequencing project involving 1,500 alpacas from Puno aims to refine the quality and fineness of their fiber.
The adoption of genomics in the alpaca industry offers many advantages, such as enhancing the quality of alpaca fiber and... |
| 30.07.2024 | More human bird flu cases confirmed in Colorado, raising US total to 14 | Listen to the article 4 min
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| 26.07.2024 | The Hunger Crisis: A Global Call to Action**
** | ** Hunger is a silent thief. It creeps into homes, steals vitality, and leaves behind a trail of despair. The United Nations has sounded the alarm. The dream of eradicating global hunger by 2030 is slipping through our fingers. The latest r... |
| 25.07.2024 | Breaking: Edison Agrosciences lands fresh funds to make natural rubber from sunflower crops | US-based biomaterials developer Edison Agrosciences has raised $600,000 in seed financing to advance its work in developing sunflower crops for rubber production.
St. Louis, Missouri-based BioGenerator participated along with the Missouri T... |
| 24.07.2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office in Japan Hunger population remains high for third consecutive year: United Nations report | - |
| 24.07.2024 | Drive to end global hunger has stalled, United Nations warns | ROME: A goal to eliminate global hunger by 2030 looks increasingly impossible to achieve, with the number of people suffering chronic hunger barely changed over the past year, a UN report said on Wednesday (Jul 24).
The annual State of Food... |
| 24.07.2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office in Japan Hunger population remains high for third consecutive year: United Nations report | [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office in Japan] Hunger population remains high for third consecutive year: United Nations report
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| 22.07.2024 | How halting deforestation can help counter the climate crisis | Every year, humanity clears 10 million hectares of forests, an area equivalent to the size of Portugal.
The loss of these ecosystems is devastating for wildlife and the billions of people who rely on forests for food, water and other essent... |
| 13.07.2024 | Brazil sees over 100 countries join alliance against hunger | BRASILIA: More than 100 countries are expected to back a global alliance against hunger that Brazil has proposed to counter the increasing number of people going hungry in the world, a Brazilian minister said.
Minister of Social Development... |
| 08.07.2024 | Global meeting focuses on fisheries and aquaculture’s vital role in tackling food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty | Rome – The 36th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI36) began today at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome.
The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is the largest global gathering o... |
| 08.07.2024 | Launch of a new Global Partnership for the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils initiative | Rome/Texcoco, Mexico – An initiative to build resilient agrifood systems grounded in diverse, nutritious, and climate-adapted crops grown in healthy soils, today marked another milestone through a new partnership between the Food and Agricu... |
| 05.07.2024 | FAO Food Price Index stable in June | Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decrease in those for cereals, the Food and Agriculture Organization ... |
| 05.07.2024 | Improving climate finance for agrifood systems | Unlocking more and better climate finance for agrifood systems
Agrifood systems can accelerate climate action providing cross-cutting solutions to food insecurity, poverty and biodiversity loss. Climate finance is key to unlocking this pote... |
| 02.07.2024 | 100+ Organizations & Experts Call on FAO to Retract Report That “Seriously Distorts” Evidence on Food Emissions | Over 100 organizations and academics have urged the FAO to retract its Pathways Towards Lower Emissions report due to serious methodological errors that downplay the impact of reducing meat and dairy consumption on overall food emissions.
T... |
| 02.07.2024 | Halving food waste can reduce hunger for 153 million people: Report | PARIS: Halving food waste could cut climate-warming emissions and end undernourishment for 153 million people globally, the OECD and the UN's food agency said in a joint report on Tuesday (Jul 2).
Around a third of food produced for human c... |
| 01.07.2024 | Over 100 Organisations & Experts Ask FAO to Retract ‘Inappropriate’ COP28 Livestock Report | 7 Mins Read In an open letter, academics and organisations from across the world have asked the FAO to withdraw a livestock emissions report that they claim contains “significant methodological errors”.
A group of over 100 organisations, po... |
| 28.06.2024 | The plants that feed the world | With its Secretariat based at FAO, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ensures that the genetic resources of the crops most important to human diets are safeguarded and shared equitably around the wo... |
| 26.06.2024 | Quorn’s Mycoprotein is Going to Be Blended with Animal Pork. Here’s Why This is a Good Thing. | First of all, to be clear, hybrid products are no new thing and have existed for years, both successfully and unsuccessfully. As a publication specialised solely in the vegan business niche, we have widely avoided the topic of products cons... |
| 25.06.2024 | Sudan's raging civil war could see 2 million starve to death. Aid agency says "the world is not watching" | Johannesburg - An aid agency issued a "crisis alert" Tuesday over war-torn Sudan, calling out the international community for its failure to address the civil war that has raged there for over a year.
The International Rescue Comm... |
| 21.06.2024 | Data from FAO projects is now easier to explore and understand | Rome – A new online dashboard released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides an intuitive, user-friendly way to visualize connections between FAO’s projects, resource partners, and thematic areas of w... |
| 21.06.2024 | EU-FAO leverage partnership towards more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems | Rome/Brussels - The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded on Thursday the Third Monitoring Meeting for the EU-FAO Strategic Dialogue with a call to scale up efforts to transform ... |
| 18.06.2024 | Eating Lower-Carbon Meats is Actually Worse for Animal Welfare. The Solution? Eat Less Meat | 7 Mins Read While swapping beef for chicken may lower your impact on the climate, it also means killing more poorly treated animals. The key to balancing the tradeoff is to just eat less meat.
During COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organ... |
| 18.06.2024 | Bloomberg Analysts Believe the Energy Transition Will Lead to the Food System Transition | Robert Barnett, Bloomberg Intelligence Energy Analyst, and Robert Du Boff, Bloomberg Intelligence ESG Analyst, join CEO of VegTech Invest, Elysabeth Alfano, on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the overlap of energy use and food syste... |
| 14.06.2024 | FAO continues to do more and better, but needs more resources QU Dongyu tells Council | Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today thanked Members of the FAO Council for their support and recognition of the achievements of FAO over the past biennium.
“We aim to do even more and better in the coming years, building on the outc... |
| 14.06.2024 | Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) calls for companies to enter the “Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards” | - |
| 14.06.2024 | Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) calls for companies to enter the “Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards” | Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) calls for companies to enter the “Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards”
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| 09.06.2024 | FAO хотела бы открыть представительства в каждом округе РФ | «Мы рассчитываем установить свое временное или постоянное присутствие в важнейших российских регионах с учетом важности их вклада в агропродовольственные системы», — цитируют Кобякова «РИА Новости».
Итоговая цель после открытий в ключевых л... |
| 08.06.2024 | QU Dongyu honours the President of Ireland with the FAO Agricola Medal | Dublin – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, today presented President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland with the prestigious FAO Agricola Medal, the Organization’s highest award, in a ceremony held at Áras an Uachtaráin, the official presidential ... |
| 07.06.2024 | New aquaculture record offers way for ending hunger without harming marine environment: FAO Fisheries Chief | Rome - The 2024 edition of the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report, a comprehensive analysis issued every two years, reveals a significant turning point. For the first time ever, aquaculture production has surpassed capt... |
| 07.06.2024 | FAO Report: Global fisheries and aquaculture production reaches a new record high | Rome/San Jose, Costa Rica – 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 Agricultu... |
| 07.06.2024 | FAO Food Price Index inched up in May for third consecutive month | Rome – 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 ... |
| 07.06.2024 | First human case of H5N2 bird flu died from multiple factors: WHO | GENEVA: A man infected with H5N2 bird flu, the first confirmed human infection with the strain, died from multiple factors, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (Jun 7), adding that investigations were ongoing.
The WHO announc... |
| 05.06.2024 | The awakening for Cuban farms | Mariano Almeida’s land was once taken over by an invasive bush. Known locally as marabou, this weed covers vast tracts of degraded land around Cuba, displacing livestock and agriculture. FAO is helping Mariano and other farmers in three pro... |
| 04.06.2024 | Restoring ecosystems from the ground up | Food systems are crumbling due to climate change, biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction.
Dwindling water sources and severe droughts are degrading soils, resulting in almost one quarter of the earth’s land being less productive.
But i... |
| 03.06.2024 | Global Soil Partnership Assembly discusses how to meet “ambitious and urgent” target | Rome - The Global Soil Partnership, bringing together hundreds of diverse actors focused on improving the health of our soils to promote healthier and more resilient agrifood systems, opened a key meeting today with a call for urgent action... |
| 31.05.2024 | International Day of Potato: At inaugural celebration, FAO highlights crop’s significance and further potential | Rome – Eaten by over one billion people, the potato is the third most available food crop globally – after rice and wheat, making it a crucial staple. And today for the first time, it was celebrated with its very own International Day, as t... |
| 28.05.2024 | Danfoss India calls for sustainable means to help India get closer to net-zero ambitions | Climate change and rapid urbanisation is likely to result in increased demand for food, water and energy, Ravichandran Purushothaman, President, Danfoss India has said. Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce ... |
| 27.05.2024 | President's insights well received by intl experts | BALI, Indonesia, May 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
An English-language publication highlighting President Xi Jinping's insights into water governance has been well received by international experts, who note... |
| 27.05.2024 | Nuclear techniques can play a crucial role in setting science-based global food standards | Vienna – QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has stressed the need to control food safety from the start – from our soil, water, agricultural and post-harvest practices – undersc... |
| 27.05.2024 | President's insights well received by intl experts | BALI, Indonesia, May 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from chinadaily.com.cn:
An English-language publication highlighting President Xi Jinping's insights into water governance has been well received by international experts, who note... |
| 27.05.2024 | Accelerating digital innovation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) | Digitalization and innovation - an important way forward for SIDS on the road to 2030
Digital technologies are transforming agri-food systems. While this is an important development everywhere, it is of great importance to remote areas such... |
| 27.05.2024 | Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture | FAO-IAEA
Nuclear technologies provide competitive and often unique solutions to help fight hunger, reduce malnutrition, improve environmental sustainability, and ensure food safety and authenticity. FAO and the International Atomic Energy A... |
| 27.05.2024 | First International Forum for Action on Sustainable Beekeeping and Pollination gives new impetus to international cooperation on pollinator protection | Ljubljana/Slovenia - The first International Forum for Action on Sustainable Beekeeping and Pollination, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Slovenia, opened today ... |
| 27.05.2024 | Potatoes: So Familiar, So Much More to Learn | A staple food for the world's population, potatoes are rich in carbohydrates, providing a primary source of energy. They also contain several micronutrients including B vitamins, vitamin C, folate, potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Pota... |
| 24.05.2024 | Knowledge and relevant data crucial to ensuring water security, says UN | Listen to this article
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| 24.05.2024 | Bringing back Sri Lanka’s mangroves with science and community spirit | First line of defence
On 5 June, Saudi Arabia will host World Environment Day 2024, an annual celebration of the planet which this year focuses on land degradation, desertification and drought resilience.
More than 2 billion hectares of the... |
| 22.05.2024 | Livestock management platform AgriWebb tackles the Scope 3 challenge for agrifood corporates with latest funding round | Now is the time to “separate the wheat from the chaff” when it comes to sustainable livestock production, says Justin Webb, co-founder of Australia-based livestock management software platform AgriWebb.
To help in that process by providing ... |
| 22.05.2024 | Traditional agrifood systems conserve biodiversity and support nutrition in Mexico | Mexico has had a long history of resilient agricultural systems and food cultures that reflect the country’s agrobiodiversity. With GEF funding, FAO and CONABIO are reviving traditional practices to support the resilience of farmers’ liveli... |
| 22.05.2024 | Upcoming hurricane season will exacerbate persistent violence to increase the risks of famine impacting children in Haiti | Experts predicting 23 named storms, including 11 hurricanes
Land erosion and deforestation increasing the risk of flash floods and landslides in extremely vulnerable rural areas
World Vision focusing on climate-adapted food production and c... |
| 21.05.2024 | Еда как софт | Еды на планете нужно больше. В белковой пище идёт борьба за коэффициент получения белка с единицы корма. Текущая оптимальная технология преобразования называется «курица», уже где-то близко — насекомые, а прямо за углом — вторая революция о... |
| 20.05.2024 | International Tea Day 2024 | 21 May 2024, 9:00 - 11:00 hours (Rome time) | Hybrid event
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The event will be inaugurated by the FAO Director-General, Mr QU Dongyu, and focus on women and their role in the tea se... |
| 18.05.2024 | FAO highlights potential of AI revolution in transforming agrifood system | - |
| 17.05.2024 | With nature in crisis, more companies are embracing safeguards to protect the planet | For centuries, livestock farmers in Aso, Japan, have gathered each spring for one purpose: to set fire to the region’s famed grasslands.
The controlled blazes are designed to chew up dead grass and fertilize the soil, revitalizing a landsca... |
| 17.05.2024 | 34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe opens with focus on bolstering resilience of agrifood systems | Rome – While countries in Europe and Central Asia are grappling with conflict and environmental challenges, they are well positioned to pursue the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems and have already taken steps towards achieving... |
| 17.05.2024 | Middle East crisis: Food insecurity, hunger | Children caught in the Middle East crisis are enduring the devastating impacts of armed violence, hunger, psychosocial distress, and disrupted education. Many face the imminent threat of starvation.
“All children matter deeply to God,” says... |
| 17.05.2024 | FAO highlights the potential of AI and the digital revolution to transform the world's agrifood systems | Rome - Artificial Intelligence and the ongoing digital revolution will inevitably transform the world and its agrifood systems, making it all the more urgent that the transformations they drive benefit everyone and contribute to solving glo... |
| 15.05.2024 | Proposed climate action in the livestock sector could increase pandemic risks and other health threats | Proposed climate action in the livestock sector could increase pandemic risks and other health threats
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| 14.05.2024 | 34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia opens with focus on bolstering resilience of agrifood systems | Rome – While countries in Europe and Central Asia are grappling with conflict and environmental challenges, they are well positioned to pursue the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems and have already taken steps towards achieving... |
| 13.05.2024 | Saving 70% of water - New Irrigation System Revolutionizes Farming in Tropical Regions | TAIPEI, May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After decades of dormancy, irrigation technology has finally received a sustainable upgrade.
According to Grand View Research, the global irrigation automation market size to be valued at USD 8.96 billio... |
| 13.05.2024 | Director-General sets out several reasons for enhanced and coordinated work to protect plant health at IDPH event | Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for stepped up efforts to protect plant health, underlining that “safeguarding the health of plants means that we are safeguarding the health of the planet.” Qu was speaking at an event to ... |
| 12.05.2024 | How bad are ultraprocessed foods, really? Here's what scientists know | In the mid-1990s, Carlos Monteiro, a nutritional epidemiologist in Brazil, noticed something alarming: Obesity rates among children in his country were rising rapidly.
To understand why, he and his colleagues at the University of Sao Paulo ... |
| 10.05.2024 | FAO puts focus on importance of technology for International Day of Plant Health | Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Plant Health by shining a light on the importance of leveraging innovation to protect plants, which are indispensable essen... |
| 10.05.2024 | FAO’s environment and climate monitoring portal Earth Map receives Google impact award | Rome- Earth Map, a pioneering initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that leverages freely available archives of geospatial data for climate and environment monitoring and mapping has been honoured w... |
| 10.05.2024 | Get ready to celebrate the International Day of Plant Health! | Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, as well as ecosystem functions, food security and nutrition. Plant health is key to the sustainable development of agriculture required to feed a growing global population by 2... |
| 10.05.2024 | QU Dongyu emphasizes the important role of young people in agrifood system transformation | Ithaca, New York - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu visited Cornell University and its food and agriculture research hub, Cornell AgriTech – a place where science, innovation and agrifood system transformation meets.
Qu was introduced to the... |
| 08.05.2024 | World Bank Bats for Alternative Proteins, Calls for Shift Away from Meat and Dairy Subsidies | 8 Mins Read The World Bank has asked countries to redirect their subsidies away from livestock farming and towards low-emission products, encouraging greater adoption of alternative proteins for a more secure planetary future.
In a landmark... |
| 07.05.2024 | Mirabaud Bank Champions Investment Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture | Against the backdrop of climate change, resource depletion, and escalating food demand, the urgency for a transformative shift toward sustainable farming practices has never been more apparent.
Agricultural activities are a significant cont... |
| 03.05.2024 | FAO Food Price Index up marginally in April | Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organizati... |
| 03.05.2024 | FAO welcomes the celebration of the International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026 | New York/Rome –The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted today by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer.
The resolution, wh... |
| 03.05.2024 | Op Ed: Stephanie Downs, CEO and Co-Founder of UNCAGED Innovations, Combatting the Argument that Leather is “Natural” | Stephanie Downs is the CEO and Co-Founder of UNCAGED Innovations, the “world’s first” biomaterial company to create sustainable leather from grains at scale. Combining its proprietary software platform, BioFuze, with biomaterial manufacturi... |
