Lawmakers from over 170 countries are urged to push on nutriti...

The UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and 30 other organisations have estimated that a strategic global plan to contain the disease could cost $47m to implement Banana production faces a growing threat that could wipe out the most ...

By Peterson Tumwebaze Kelly Siobhan, the Food and Agriculture organisation agribusiness specialist based in Italy, says sector policies should be reviewed to cater for the interests of the small-and-medium entrepreneurs and farmers. Siobhan was ...

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation's monthly Food Price Index declined in December after three months of stability. Continued large supplies and record stocks, combined with a stronger dollar and falling oil prices, contributed to the decline. ...

MORE than 20 local and international organisations are expected to participate in the Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) inaugural National Agricultural Production and Food Security Summit, scheduled for today at the Jamaica Conference Centre, ...

A three-year anti-locust programme was launched by the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) alongside the Madagascan Government in 2013 in response to a plague that swept the country the previous year. It successfully halted the spread ...

A book released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that genetic resources had a critical role to play in feeding the world, especially as climate changes advance faster than expected. And much more needs to be done to study, ...

The Belarusian economy will continue benefitting from increased agricultural exports to Russia in the wake of the Kremlin's ban on Western food imports. However, increased food exports to Russia are expected to maintain elevated consumer price ...

A FOOD SAFETY and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) official walked into Restore, an organic food store at Kottivakkam in Chennai. He picked up a packet of rice off the shelf and noticed some bugs in it. How can you sell groceries with bugs? he ...

ield size around the world. Knowing where agricultural land is located is crucial for regional and global food security planning, and information on field size offers valuable insight into local economic conditions, researchers said. Two new global ...