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A group of women sit on sacks of rice and maize in Wajir, Kenya.
FAO/Ami Vitale

Adverse weather pushes global food prices up by 3.9 per cent in October, says UN agency

5 November 2015
Weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies have led to a price increase of major food commodities in October, said Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today.
The Mediterranean diet’s focus on vegetable oil, cereals, vegetables and pulses, and moderate intake of fish and meat, has been associated with long and healthy living.
FAO/Ami Vitale

‘Hunger is more than a lack of food – it is a terrible injustice,’ says Ban on World Food Day

16 October 2015
On World Food Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is underlining that “hunger is more than a lack of food—it is a terrible injustice,” while reaffirming the global community’s commitment to work together “to end hunger in our lifetime.”
FAO Director-General Jos Graziano da Silva addresses the Committee on World Food Security.
FAO/Giulio Napolitano

Top UN forum on food security focuses on eradicating hunger by 2030

12 October 2015
Marking the first international gathering on food security and nutrition since world leaders approved the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) commenced today, focusing on ending hunger by 2030.
Women in Mozambique desheath a pile of corn.
FAO/Paballo Thekiso

Food prices are staying lower for longer periods – UN agency

8 October 2015
Food prices are staying lower for longer periods, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, saying lower food prices "seem to be a boon to food security and are indeed just that for households who spend a large share of their income on food purchases.”
José Graziano da Silva.
UN Photo/Kim Haughton

There’s enough food in the world to end hunger by 2030

30 September 2015
General News

Eradicating hunger worldwide within 15 years can be achieved, according to the Director-General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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Prices of dairy products dropped in July mainly due to lower import demand from China, the Middle East and North Africa amid abundant EU milk supplies.
FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico

World food prices hit lowest level in almost six years, UN agency reports

6 August 2015
Prices for global agricultural products in July hit their lowest level since September 2009, as sharp drops in the prices of dairy products and vegetable oils more than offset some increases for those of sugar and cereals, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) confirmed today.
Restaurants and food and beverage stores worldwide have become increasingly aware of their role in cutting waste and making food chains more sustainable.
FAO/Jonathan Bloom

UN agriculture agency partners with Italy's Autogrill to cut food waste and support small farmers

8 July 2015
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization today announced a partnership with Autogrill –the multinational food and beverage provider best known for its full-service highway rest stops and airport eateries – to cut food waste and introduce products of small-scale farmers in developing countries.
A shopper sorts through fruit at a market in Barcelona, Spain.
FAO/Alessia Pierdomenico

New UN report projects steady decline in food prices over next decade

1 July 2015
Real prices for global agricultural products will continue their gradual decline over the coming decade due to a combination of strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand, according to a new report issued by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Pope Francis (centre) with delegates to the 39th FAO Conference during a special audience at the Vatican.
FAO

Pope Francis and UN agency discuss sustainable future of agriculture

11 June 2015
Addressing over a hundred delegates attending a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome, Pope Francis today urged Member States to work toward combatting food waste, reducing the volatility of food prices, and creating a sense of global solidarity to ensure food security for all people.
Young refugees in Kenya.
UNHCR/B.Bannon

Half a million refugees to receive less food in Kenya

11 June 2015
General News

Half a million refugees in two locations in Kenya are to have their food rations cut by almost a third, the World Food Programme, WFP, has announced.

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