food

Food waste harms climate, water, land and biodiversity.
UNEP

Wasting food can have negative impacts on climate: FAO

16 October 2016
General News

People are throwing away so much that it’s having a negative impact on the climate, a representative from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization  has warned.

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A woman pounds cassava to produce flour, in Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

With record harvests, world’s food import bill expected to fall 11 per cent – UN agency

6 October 2016
With prices for most of the internationally-traded agricultural commodities, especially for the staple grains remaining relatively ‘low and stable,’ it is expected the global food import prices will fall to a six-year low, the United Nations agricultural agency said today.
Executive Director Ertharin Cousin with a young recipient of WFP assistance, southern Madagascar
WFP/David Orr

UN food relief agency to scale up emergency operations in southern Madagascar

5 October 2016
Following a visit to Madagascar, the Executive Director of the United Nations’ food relief agency has announced plans to scale up humanitarian operations in response to rising levels of hunger and malnutrition as a third consecutive year of drought deepens the suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in the south of the island nation.
Idriss Deby.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

UN and Africa: focus on African development, climate change and SDGs

22 September 2016
UN and Africa

Terrorism “threat of the century” says Chad President

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A grain field near the village of Nieuw-Beerta, in the province of Groningen, in the north-east of The Netherlands.

Improved cereal production expected but staple food prices also rise – UN agricultural agency

8 September 2016
Despite a fall in global grain prices and the expectation of improved cereal production, global staple food prices have risen in August, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said today.
Floods in early 2015 were the worst in living memory in Malawi, washing away homes and food stocks, and ruining fertile land.
UNDP/Arjan van de Merwe

Over 6.5 million people in Malawi in need of emergency food aid

20 July 2016
General News

The largest ever emergency food relief operation in Malawi’s history has kicked off on Wednesday, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

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WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin (2nd left) launches the Innovation Accelerator project, based in Munich, Germany, to end hunger by 2030.
WFP

UN food relief agency launches innovation project to spur progress towards ending hunger by 2030

11 July 2016
The United Nations food relief agency launched today an initiative to identify and nurture new technologies and business models which will contribute to the global goal of ending hunger by 2030.
Maize stored for livestock consumption near Rome, Italy.
FAO/Ivo Balderi

Global food prices rose in June; wheat harvest outlook robust – UN agency

7 July 2016
Global food commodity prices rose 4.2 per cent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, also noting improved production prospects for the year ahead.
His Holiness Pope Francis pays an official visit to WFP headquarters in Rome and addresses the staff.
WFP/Giulio D’Adamo

Visiting UN food relief agency, Pope Francis shines spotlight on urgent need to end hunger

13 June 2016
In the first papal visit to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Pope Francis today gave his full support to the goal of eradicating hunger and paid tribute to the organization’s staff, including those who had lost their lives at work.
FAO Forestry Expert, Q. Ghaus (Bangladesh), left, and his Liberian counterpart (second from right) supervising the planting of teak at the College of Agriculture and Forestry near Monrovia.
UN Photo/Jerry Frank

South-South Cooperation “critical” to food security

13 June 2016
General News

Developing countries are sharing their agricultural expertise as part of the global push to ensure that all people have enough to eat.

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