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Higher supplies pushed down international prices of commodities like oil, sugar and cereals; dairy and meat prices peaked Reuters New Delhi: Global food prices fell 1.6 per cent in 2013 as large supplies pushed down international prices of commodities such as ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation, an arm of the UN, has adopted the Coconut Development Boards Friends of Coconut Tree (FoCT) training programme as model project for coconut-growing countries. FAOs Asia-Pacific meeting held in Bangkok recently found the ...

For the first time in three months global food prices have declined, says the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The Rome-based agency said Thursday its food price index averaged 203.4 points in January, which is 1.3 percent below December and 4.4 ...

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday that Asia-Pacific had highest number of hungry people and asked the countries in the region to increase food production and address malnutrition. The warning came as 40-member ...

The United Nations and its Food and Agriculture Organisation have appealed to governments to boost support to the world's small-scale family farmers in order to win the fight against hunger. Governments can empower family farmers, especially ...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) signed a major cooperative project in Hanoi on March 7. Together, the two bodies will build capacity for an integrated food and ...

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has formally agreed to help St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines as both countries continue to recover from devastation caused by torrential rains

AS the Federal Government continues to drive its agricultural transformation agenda, key development agencies have advocated a greater policy focus on staple foods as part of measures to increase its export and unlock unexploited trade potential. ...

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University is organising a two-day job fair for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students on Tuesday and Wednesday. The annual job fair 2014 will be held at the Directorate of Students Welfare. Around 800 ...