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How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security
How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

  11 Mar 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response
Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

  26 Jan 2021

FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen
FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen

23 Dec 2020

Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050
Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050

  22 Dec 2020

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana
Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

16 Nov 2020

We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable
We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable

  10 Nov 2020

Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C - but we can act now to stop it
Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C - but we can act now to stop it

  9 Nov 2020

Professor Njuguna Ndung’u
Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

  28 Sep 2020

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems
FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

23 Sep 2020

Building back better on food and agriculture
Building back better on food and agriculture

  10 Sep 2020

A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. (Shutterstock)
How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?
Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

  19 Aug 2020

Global food prices continue to rise in July
Global food prices continue to rise in July

6 Aug 2020

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste
FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

30 Jul 2020

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How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security
How Cabo Verde indigenous beans could boost food security

 11 Mar 2021

Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response
Why healthy food and its local production should be part of the Covid-19 response

 26 Jan 2021

FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen
FAO seeks funds as Desert Locust swarms threaten food security in Africa, Yemen

23 Dec 2020

Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050
Almost 90% of the world's animal species will lose some habitat to agriculture by 2050

 22 Dec 2020

Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana
Children are going hungry, and their futures are on the line. Evidence from Ghana

16 Nov 2020

We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable
We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser - it could make farming more sustainable

 10 Nov 2020

Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C - but we can act now to stop it
Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C - but we can act now to stop it

 9 Nov 2020

Professor Njuguna Ndung’u
Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

 28 Sep 2020

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems
FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

23 Sep 2020

Building back better on food and agriculture
Building back better on food and agriculture

 10 Sep 2020

A palm oil plantation in Malaysia. (Shutterstock)
How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses

24 Aug 2020

Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?
Food prices in Nigeria have shot through the roof. But is the pandemic to blame?

 19 Aug 2020

Global food prices continue to rise in July
Global food prices continue to rise in July

6 Aug 2020

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste
FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

30 Jul 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity
Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general, UN FAO
We must act now to avert an imminent food crisis in Africa

 30 Jun 2020

Global food price index falls to a 17-month low
Global food price index falls to a 17-month low

4 Jun 2020

Nestlé-IDH partnership to boost sourcing practices in Central, West Africa
Nestlé-IDH partnership to boost sourcing practices in Central, West Africa

28 Apr 2020

#Covid19: Global food crises report reveals impact on vulnerable countries
#Covid19: Global food crises report reveals impact on vulnerable countries

22 Apr 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down
The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

 6 Apr 2020

#Covid19: Mitigating the impact on global food trade
#Covid19: Mitigating the impact on global food trade

1 Apr 2020

East Africa locust invasion approaching full-blown crisis
East Africa locust invasion approaching full-blown crisis

 13 Feb 2020

AU Summit: African leaders focus on eradicating malnutrition by 2025
AU Summit: African leaders focus on eradicating malnutrition by 2025

10 Feb 2020

Trees in South Africa are under attack. Why it's proving hard to manage
Trees in South Africa are under attack. Why it's proving hard to manage

 6 Feb 2020

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Summit to explore scaling up innovation in agriculture

5 Feb 2020

Urgent funding needed to fight desert locust upsurge in Africa
Urgent funding needed to fight desert locust upsurge in Africa

31 Jan 2020

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FAO scales up emergency response against locust upsurge in East Africa

22 Jan 2020

WFP forecasts global hunger hotspots in 2020
WFP forecasts global hunger hotspots in 2020

3 Jan 2020

Coordinated global action is the best way to control the Fall Armyworm pest
Coordinated global action is the best way to control the Fall Armyworm pest

 19 Dec 2019

FAO highlights solutions to deforestation
FAO highlights solutions to deforestation

18 Dec 2019

Why we're involved in a project in Africa to promote edible insects
Why we're involved in a project in Africa to promote edible insects

 29 Nov 2019

Traditional healthy diets fundamental to sustainable development
Traditional healthy diets fundamental to sustainable development

28 Nov 2019

Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'
Europe-banned insecticide 'threatens Africa's food security'

 25 Nov 2019

To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't
To feed the world in 2050 we need to build the plants that evolution didn't

 20 Nov 2019

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Warehousing: A foundation for economic growth

 1 Nov 2019

Kenya's Twiga Foods raises $30m in Series B round
Kenya's Twiga Foods raises $30m in Series B round

28 Oct 2019

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EU invests €40m to bolster food security in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions

25 Oct 2019

Reshaping food systems with innovation and knowledge
Reshaping food systems with innovation and knowledge

7 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office
Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

 2 Oct 2019

Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general
Food systems development needs a new trajectory - FAO director-general

27 Sep 2019


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