Articles tagged with: food and agriculture organization
Forests can feed world’s hungry and over-exploitation for timber must be curbed – UN 26 October 2011 Forests can play an even greater role in feeding the world with products ranging from vitamin-rich leaves to fruits and roots, a United Nations-backed international consortium said today, calling on governments to invest more in sustainable forest management […]
Forests, potential solution in the fight against hunger. More attention to forest foods and services can improve food security in poor nations 26 October 2011, Rome The role of forests in providing timber and other wood products must not overshadow their important contribution to feeding many of the world’s poorest communities, a group of international forest […]
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UN agencies voice concern at impact of South-East Asian floods on children The massive flooding in South-East Asia has taken a heavy toll on the region’s children, United Nations agencies said today, with over 200 already having lost their lives, many due to drowning, and hundreds of thousands at risk of missing school because of […]
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UN agencies and US Peace Corps cooperate in fighting hunger The United Nations and the United States Peace Corps signed an agreement today to cooperate in combating worldwide hunger by increasing food security in the 76 countries where the more than 8,600 US volunteers currently work. The agreement, signed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) […]
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Peace corps strengthens global partnership with FAO and WFP Letter of agreement signed during Committee on World Food Security annual meeting 20 October 2011, Rome/Washington, D.C – The Peace Corps joined the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), and pledged to support and expand food security-related activities that […]
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Food price swings threaten to push millions more people into hunger, UN warns The United Nations and international figures marked World Food Day today with calls for immediate aid and longer-term solutions, and warnings of factors that keep hundreds of millions mired in hunger, such as price swings and gender discrimination.In a message delivered to a […]
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World Food Day 2011 16 October 2011 > World Food Day 2011. About. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945. The objectives of World Food Day are to: encourage attention to agricultural food production and to […]
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With high food prices set to continue, UN agencies issue call to action The United Nations agencies working to combat hunger today called for action to ensure long-term food security as a new report shows that high food prices are likely to continue and possible increase over the next decade. “The State of Food Insecurity […]
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World hunger report 2011: High, volatile prices set to continue 10-10-2011 Heads of Rome-based UN food agencies call for forceful action Food price volatility featuring high prices is likely to continue and possibly increase, making poor farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity, the United Nations’ three Rome-based agencies said in […]
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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 […]
