ROME, ITALY – The situation in the Red Sea has not yet been reflected in the pace of prices for foods monthly reflected in the FAO Food Price Index, Monika Tothova, the economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said.“Following on its 2023 and early...

Paris, France - The food and agriculture system adds at least $10 trillion in "hidden costs" to the global economy every year due to unhealthy diets, emissions and undernourishment, a UN agency said on Monday.The Food and Agriculture Organization said it conducted an analysis in 154 countries to determine the "true"...

ROME, ITALY - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2023 to 2,819 million tonnes, now 0.9 percent higher than the previous year.The higher forecast is almost entirely based on recent and more positive yield estimates for the Russian...

Paris, France - Global sugar prices soared to their highest level in almost 13 years in September as the El Nino weather phenomenon hit production in India and Thailand, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.While world food prices steadied as a whole last month, the FAO's Sugar Price Index jumped...

ROME, ITALY - World cereal production is predicted to hit a record high in 2023-24, according to the latest Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Saturday.FAO raised its 2023 global cereal production forecast to 2 819 million tonnes, indicating a 1.1 percent...

PARIS, FRANCE - Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are expected to increase by 7.5 percent in the next decade, said a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).The projected greenhouse gas emissions are just less than half the projected output...

Dubai, UAE -- The World Price Index of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) fell last June to its lowest level in more than two years, driven by the lower cost of sugar, vegetable oils, cereals and dairy products.The organization's index that tracks the prices of...

ROME, ITALY - Building on growing momentum to tackle environmental problems by addressing the ways in which our food and fiber are produced, the Global Environment Facility has approved 26 projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)."To achieve the 2030 Agenda we need a...

The new forecast would mark "an all-time high", and is due to the depreciating values of currencies against the US dollar -- the main currency of exchange on international markets -- as well as Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

World food prices have fallen for a sixth month in a row in September, UN data showed as they continued to fall after a record reached after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organization said its price index, which tracks monthly change in global prices of food commodities,...

World food prices fell slightly last month after hitting a record in March but remain high due to the Ukraine war, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. International sanctions against Russia as well as export flow disruptions resulting from the February 24 invasion have sparked fears of a...

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

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

The global food trade should hit a record high in both volume and value, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). By the end of 2021, the global food import bill should extend beyond $1.75 trillion, marking a 14 percent increase from the previous...

The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks the international prices of a basket of food commodities, is up 3.9 percent from September,...

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

20 Programme Priority Areas were identified that are inter-disciplinary, issue-based technical themes Members stress the importance of promoting innovation, digital technologies and data Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Saturday endorsed the new Strategic Framework that will drive the Organization's efforts to transform agri-food...

  Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to land use changes decreasing over the past 20 years Experts call for complementing emissions on agri land with more efficient production   Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to land use changes such as converting forests to agricultural land have been decreasing over the...