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Cereal production, use, trade reaching record levels in 2021/22 – FAO

Published on: February 3, 2022
19:25

Rome, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) Production, use and trade of cereals will reach record levels in the 2021-2022 period, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported Thursday.

Covid-19 causes more hunger in Europe, Central Asia – FAO

Published on: December 14, 2021
19:21

United Nations, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Undernourishment and food insecurity are today among ravages caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe and Central Asia, according to a FAO´s report.

New FAO report on land, water resources paints and alarming picture

Published on: December 9, 2021
17:13

Rome, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Thursday launched a landmark report highlighting the worsening state of the earth’s soil, land and water resources and the challenges it poses for feeding a global population expected to near ten billion by 2050.

FAO: Plastics in soil threatens food security, health and environment

Published on: December 7, 2021
16:07

United Nations, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) The scourge of unsightly images of plastic refuse littering our beaches and oceans always receives much attention, but a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) suggested the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with far larger quantities of plastic pollution, posing an even greater threat to food security, people’s health, and environment.

FAO calls for urgent action on sustainable soil management

Published on: December 4, 2021
00:15

Rome, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) FAO Director General Qu Dongyu called to take urgent action to improve information and capacities in favor of sustainable soil management.

FAO: Time for extraordinary efforts to continue walking the talk

Published on: November 29, 2021
21:33

Rome, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) In 2022, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) must make extraordinary efforts to achieve tangible on-the-ground progress towards reducing hunger, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said.

FAO analyzes world agricultural practices in agri-food systems

Published on: November 25, 2021
10:08

Rome, nov 25 (Prensa Latina) The importance of proven and reliable agricultural methods, such as those used in “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems”(GIAHS) to transform food systems, was analyzed today by FAO.

FAO insists on more resilient agri-food systems

Published on: November 23, 2021
17:32

Rome, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) The pressing need to achieve more resilient agricultural food systems to cope with shocks such as those caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is the call of the FAO here today.

161 million more hungry people due to pandemic

Published on: November 23, 2021
11:23

Rome, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) During 2020, the Covid-19 crisis and other factors dragged 161 million more people into food insecurity than the previous year, according to a new FAO report released today.

FAO presents report on State of food and agriculture

Published on: November 23, 2021
09:39

Rome, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) The FAO's State of Food and Agriculture 2021 report, to be presented today in an online event, will focus on a call for the transformation of food systems.

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