Articles tagged with: food crisis
FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices (representing 55 quotations), weighted with the average export shares of each of the groups for 2002-2004. In February, […]
FAO Food Price Index down in October Improved supply, global economic uncertainty cited 3 November 2011, Rome – The FAO Food price index dropped to an 11-month low in October, declining 4 percent, or nine points, to 216 points from September. Nonetheless prices still remain generally higher than last year and very volatile, FAO said. Rice […]
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Global food prices drop to 11-month low in October, UN agency reports 3 November 2011 Food prices dropped to an 11-month low in October, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, while adding that they are still higher than last year and very volatile. FAO’s Food Price Index averaged 216 points last […]
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UNICEF calls for urgent funding for nutrition crisis in DPR Korea 1 November 2011 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called for funding to assist millions of people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), particularly children and women, who are at risk of becoming severely malnourished. Mother and child at a UN-supported […]
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Niger: UN agency boosts aid as a million people face urgent food crisis 28 October 2011 The United Nations food aid agency announced plans today to scale up its operations inside the poor West African country of Niger, where a poor harvest and insect attacks against cereals have left a million people in need of immediate […]
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As food crisis grips DPR Korea, UN aid chief urges world to not ‘turn our backs’ The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) cannot feed its people for the “foreseeable future,” the United Nations relief chief reported today, urging the world to step up humanitarian support and not “turn our backs” on a population where […]
DPRK: More than 6 million people need food assistance More than 6 million people urgently need food assistance in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has warned, after a landmark five-day visit to the crisis-hit country. “Recent figures for children under five years of age show chronic malnutrition […]
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Senior UN official arrives in DPR Korea to assess food crisis The United Nations humanitarian chief arrived today in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to assess the extent of the country’s food crisis. During her five-day visit, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, will visit various parts of the country, where […]
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Global cereal production forecast to rise, but food insecurity to continue – UN 6 October 2011 Despite improved prospects for world cereal production and falling prices, food security is likely to remain precarious in some regions in 2011-2012, with the slowdown in global economic recovery and increased risks of recession casting a shadow, the United […]
Top UN relief official to visit DPR Korea The top United Nations humanitarian official will visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) later this month to assess the extent of the country’s food crisis and hear from authorities what longer-term plans they have to deal with the food shortages. Valerie Amos, the Under-Secretary-General for […]
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