Rome, Italy --  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released a new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief on Friday, with revised estimates for 2024 and fresh insights on cropping conditions and prospects for 2025. FAO’s latest forecast for 2025 wheat production is pegged at 795 million...

Rome, Italy -- The benchmark for world food commodity prices rose in November to its highest level since April 2023, increasing by 0.5 percent from October, driven by surging international vegetable oil quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations said Friday.The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks...

UN human rights chief Volker Turk urged world powers to "restrain rather than enable" as fears of a looming ground incursion grew among more than one million Palestinians trapped in the territory's far south. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to send ground troops into the crowded Rafah area as...

Rome, Italy - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) said one billion tons of food are wasted every year, while up to 783 million people around the world are facing hunger.Ahead of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction...

Led by staples other than rice and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations revealed that its Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of globally-traded food commodities, averaged 121.4 points in August, down 2.1% from July and as much as 24% below...

Several ministers of agriculture and food security from UN's Food and Agriculture Organization member states at the event discussed key innovative solutions to transform food systems in a way that contributes to accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in addition to reviewing the challenges.

Rice is a major world food staple and prices on international markets have soared in the wake of the Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon on production levels. India announced in July a ban on exports of non-basmati white rice, which account for...

According to a report by the FAO, the world food import bill is forecast to touch a new record this year, although it is estimated to grow at a much slower pace compared to last year. This at a time when surging world prices fueled by higher quotations for fruits,...

MIYAZAKI, JAPAN  -  With hunger levels rising and food prices soaring in most of the world, collective actions are necessary for immediate and long-term global food security objectives, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Sunday.Director-General of FAO Qu Dongyu made the remarks at the G7 Ministers of Agriculture Meeting,...

World food prices are still high but have fallen by a fifth compared to a year ago when prices soared to a monthly record high after Russia invaded agricultural powerhouse Ukraine, UN data showed. Prices have fallen 20.5 percent since March 2022 after a 12th straight monthly drop, the Food...

ROME, ITALY  -  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed a US$23.7 million contribution from the Norwegian government to scale up its response to humanitarian crises and emergencies.The contribution represents the largest single un-earmarked funding of its kind to date.The funds will be channeled through...

This strain - never before recorded in Iraq - is resistant to the vaccines normally used in the country, leaving authorities scrambling to obtain the right doses to inoculate livestock and prevent further spread. "The infections are much higher," lamented 26-year-old Roumi from his farm in the village of Badush...

Vegetable oil prices fell 2.9 percent, stemming from subdued global import demand for palm and soy oils and ample export availabilities of sunflower seed and rapeseed oils.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – A  report launched Monday at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 shows how countries can accelerate the food systems transformation. The report Food Nature and Health Transitions - Repeatable Country Models reveals how actions and investments can accelerate a country’s transition towards food systems that deliver...

Food prices soared to a monthly record high in March after Russia invaded agricultural powerhouse Ukraine, a major supplier of wheat and cooking oil to the world. A Russian naval blockade that prevented Ukrainian grain exports was lifted following a deal in July that was brokered by Turkey and the...

ROME, ITALY - The world's ability to nourish its burgeoning population is under threat and without broader socioeconomic and environmental change, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) issued Saturday. The report, "The...

World food prices held steady in October, though cereal prices rose over uncertainty of a deal giving safe passage for Ukrainian grains on the Black Sea, a UN agency said. Global food prices have been falling since hitting an all-time high in March in the wake of Russia's invasion of...

DUBAI, UAE - UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri participated in the World Food Forum where she spoke about the country's efforts to enhance youth engagement in strengthening food security through innovation and entrepreneurship. The Forum from October 17 to 21 at the headquarters...

The analysis, "Hunger in a heating world," found that acute hunger had risen 123 percent over six years in the ten most-affected nations, defined by the most number of UN weather appeals. "The effects of severe weather events are already being felt," Lia Lindsey, Oxfam America's senior humanitarian policy advisory...

The latest Food Price Index shows that the prices of five commodities - cereals, vegetable oil, dairy, meat and sugar - were lower in August than in July.

The Sierra Leone-flagged vessel Razoni left the Ukrainian port of Odessa on August 1 carrying 26,000 tons of maize.

Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline since record highs earlier this year in the wake of the situation in Ukraine, the Food and Agricultural Organization said. FAO published its latest Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in global prices of cereals, vegetable oils,...

World food prices, including for wheat, fell in June for a third month running despite remaining near an all-time high, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday. Export flow disruptions resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24 and international sanctions on Moscow have sparked fears...

FAO predicts the global food import bill would rise by $51 billion compared to 2021, of which $49 billion would be due to the increase in price.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent ‘shocks’ through markets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has said.

The Food Price Index, which tracks the international prices of a items such as vegetable oils and dairy products went up nearly four percent up from January.

Four women groups from the South, the North, Mount Lebanon, and the Bekaa received grants.

The FAO’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices, averaged 125.7 points.

In 2020, Saudi Arabia hosted the International Date Council meeting, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture.

The red palm weevil is said to be a highly destructive pest that blights palm trees.

Under the agreement, a mobile irrigation application will be developed to serve Jordanian farmers, specifically in the Jordan Valley.

The fund will collaborate with the UN agency to build climate-resilience and take shock-informed anticipatory action.

The FAO and Jordan’s National Center for Agricultural Research have signed a cooperation agreement in this regard.

UN agencies have said the impact of water shortages in Iraq is becoming evident through the lower crop yields for 2021.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF call for urgent action to address the acute food insecurity in northern Ethiopia