U.N.’s Food Price Index Jumps 6%
The FAO Food Price Index climbed 6 percent in July 2012 after three months of decline. The Index, which measures the monthly change in the international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged...
View ArticleUN Admits Flaw in Report on Meat and Climate Change
The UN has admitted a report linking livestock to global warming exaggerated the impact of eating meat on climate change. A 2006 study, Livestock’s Long Shadow, claimed meat production was responsible...
View ArticleU.N. Urges Stronger Measures On Global Animal Health Threats
The world risks a repeat of the disastrous 2006 bird flu outbreaks unless surveillance and control of this and other dangerous animal diseases is strengthened globally, FAO warns. “The continuing...
View ArticleU.N.: 38 Countries Prove Hunger Can Be Eliminated
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva formally recognized 38 countries for reducing hunger by half well ahead of international targets for the year 2015. During a high-level ceremony attended by...
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