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Sri Lanka: 3.4 million people need urgent aid

Published on: November 10, 2022
00:45

Colombo, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) The number of people in Sri Lanka who need urgent humanitarian aid has doubled to 3.4 million, while the food crisis worsens in this Asian nation, it was reported.

Egypt’s parliament speaker considers food crisis a threat to Africa

Published on: September 2, 2022
07:30

Cairo, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) The food crisis the world is currently experiencing represents an existential threat to Africa, Egypt's parliament speaker Hanafi El-Gibali warned.

Cuba and Türkiye discuss agricultural cooperation

Published on: September 1, 2022
13:22

Havana, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) Government representatives from Cuba and Türkiye (formerly Turkey) discussed initiatives to strengthen cooperation ties in agriculture and other spheres, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment (MINCEX) informed on Thursday.

China’s inflation rose 2.7 percent in July

Published on: August 11, 2022
00:15

Beijing, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) China reported that inflation closed with a 2.7 percent year-on-year increase in July, above the previous month, due to a rise in the price of several food items amid the new Covid-19 outbreak.

US legislators favor expanding agricultural trade with Cuba

Published on: July 20, 2022
17:52

Washington, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) Legislators from the United States seek to lift their government's ban on financing agricultural exports to Cuba and advocate expanding trade in that sector.

Russia calls on West not to politicize grain supplies

Published on: July 19, 2022
08:16

Moscow, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin urged Western countries not to ideologize and politicize the supply of Russian and Ukrainian food, but to increase their amount.

Cuba bets on communication to promote food sovereignty

Published on: July 18, 2022
15:08

Havana, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is committed on Monday to taking communicative actions to promote Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security Law, based on a strategy that includes actions in various fields.

International bodies warn about global food security crisis

Published on: July 15, 2022
16:05

Geneva, Jul 15 (Prensa Latina) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group (WBG), World Food Program (WFP) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) have issued a joint statement calling for pressing action to deal with the global food security crisis.

Russian forces deliver humanitarian aid in northern Syria (+ Photos)

Published on: July 14, 2022
06:57

Damascus, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) Russian forces present in Syria at the request of its Government on Thursday delivered food aid in rural areas of Aleppo province, some 400 kilometers north of Damascus.

UN begins food relief for Sri Lanka´s pregnant women

Published on: June 16, 2022
15:59

Colombo, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of impoverished women in Sri Lanka started receiving food aid on Thursday as part of the UN emergency response to the unprecedented economic crisis in the country.

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