Cereal prices remain stable, dairy and sugar values dip – UN
Global food prices have remained largely unchanged since December 2017, [...]
UN agencies call for funds to reverse food ration cuts for refugees in Rwanda
United Nations humanitarian agencies on Thursday called for more donor funding to reverse a 25 per cent reduction in food or cash assistance for more than 100,000 refugees in Rwanda.
Conflicts, drought drive hunger despite strong global food supply – UN agriculture agency
Despite strong global food supply, localized drought, flooding and protracted conflicts have intensified and perpetuated food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency reported Thursday.
Global food import bill rising despite robust output in 2017 – UN
The cost of importing food is rising in 2017, driven by increased international demand for most food stuffs, as well as higher freight charges, the United Nations agriculture agency said Thursday.
Rural areas have potential to feed and employ ‘younger, more crowded planet’ – UN report
"Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda depends crucially on progress in rural areas, which is where most of the poor and hungry live,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, in his foreword to the report.
Global food prices fall in August as cereal output heads for record high – UN
Global food prices dipped in August, mainly as the prospect [...]
UN agriculture chief says Uganda ‘leading example’ of sustainable refugee response
The head of the United Nations agriculture agency today called [...]
Emergency food distributions launched to assist thousands displaced by conflict in DR Congo – UN agency
Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced [...]
Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies
More than one in ten people living in rural areas [...]
Food prices surge in July; UN agriculture agency cites cereals, sugar and dairy as main drivers
Driven mainly by higher cereal, sugar and dairy quotations, global food prices rose for the third consecutive month in July, according to the United Nations agriculture agency.
Breastfeeding is ‘smartest investment’ families, communities and countries can make – UN
Kicking off World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations today stressed that although breastfeeding has cognitive and health benefits for infants and mothers, investment shortcomings impede the practice.
Low food prices foreseen in 2017-2026, but countries need to keep markets stable – UN-OECD report
Noting projections of low prices for food commodities over the next decade on the back of abundant stocks of cereal and other staples, the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report have underlined the need for governments continue efforts to provide stability to world food markets.
Monthly global food price index up 1.4 per cent; cereal stocks set to hit new record, says UN agency
Rising prices of cereals, meat and dairy products have pushed the global food price index up by 1.4 per cent compared to last month and 7.0 per cent compared to last year, the United Nations agriculture agency has said.
Food insecurity threatens children in Yemen, South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia – UNICEF
Calling for immediate humanitarian action amid rising malnutrition, thirst and disease, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned today that millions of lives are at risk in four countries stretching from Africa to the Middle East.
FAO calls for giant research leap to rein in farm-driven antimicrobial resistance
Report says there is mounting evidence that food systems may be major conduits of AMR.
Report: Small farmers can earn big returns by investing in climate adaptation
IFAD report shows that for every dollar invested through its Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP), farmers could earn a return of between $1.40 and $2.60 over a 20 year period by applying climate change adaptation practices.
Food price index drops due to abundant supplies, slow economic growth
Prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row in 2015 according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), averaging 19.1 per cent below their previous-year's levels, while the agency also reported that the dwindling global economy has triggered sharp price falls from metals to energy markets.
Top UN forum on food security focuses on eradicating hunger by 2030
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.
Food prices staying lower for longer periods, UN agency says
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.”