FOOD

World Food Safety Day is celebrated Monday

Published on: June 7, 2021
08:05

Rome, Jun 7 (Prensa Latina) The important role science plays in maintaining food security, now and in the future, will be the central theme of today's celebration of World Food Safety Day.

CARICOM Forum bets on sustainable food safety

Published on: May 29, 2021
08:08

Georgetown, May 29 (Prensa Latina) Food security, climate resilience and new financing instruments were debated on Friday by representatives of member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during the Regional Food Systems Dialogue.

Cuba favors increasing exports and foreign investment

Published on: May 21, 2021
11:35

Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas urged business people to increase export earnings systematically and sustainably and advance more quickly in foreign investment projects.

Creativity, innovation are challenges for Cuba´s livestock

Published on: May 21, 2021
08:15

Matanzas, Cuba, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s livestock challenge lies in managers´ actions and in livestock farmers´ creative and innovative thinking, Jorge Luis Tapia, Cuban deputy prime minister, said.

WFP fears food deficit and price rise in Gaza

Published on: May 17, 2021
15:50

Ramallah, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The World Food Program (WFP) is helping more than 51,000 citizens in the Gaza Strip, where it fears a worsening of the humanitarian crisis, the United Nations agency reported on Monday.

Argentina´s inflation jumps to 17.6% in four months

Published on: May 14, 2021
08:19

Buenos Aires, May 14 (Prensa Latina) Argentina´s inflation rate climbed to 4.1% in April, racking up 17.6% so far this year, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INIDEC) reported.

Food insecurity threatens South Sudan

Published on: May 10, 2021
14:00

Juba, May 10 (Prensa Latina) About 7.2 million people will face severe food insecurity in South Sudan due to shortage of resources, violence, floods and Covid-19, a regional source said here today.

Cuban prime minister favors further municipal autonomy

Published on: May 9, 2021
00:15

Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero on Saturday favored a more efficient policy based on further municipal autonomy for local governments throughout the country.

Nearly 20 million more people hit by food crisis last year

Published on: May 7, 2021
09:03

London, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises in 2020 amid armed conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again grim, according to a report by the Global Network Against Food crisis.

World food prices up for the eleventh consecutive month

Published on: May 6, 2021
10:51

Rome, May 6 (Prensa Latina) The world food price index increased in April for the eleventh consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today.

NEWS