ICRISAT announces Dr Stanford Blade as Interim Director General
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories According to a new United Nations report, acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity across
International quotations for sugar lead to an across-the-board increase in major food commodity prices The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all
FAO urges more investment in a blue transformation at G7 agriculture ministers’ meeting The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) underlined the need for more investment in a Blue Transformation enabling aquatic foods to
The Organization’s Anticipatory Action Plan outlines ways to safeguard millions of people at risk given the climate phenomenon’s potentially devastating impacts The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for immediate
Smallholder producers account for a large share of global output, and coffee exports represent a vital source of revenue for many low-income countries At the opening of the first Fair and Permanent Coffee Forum in
FAO has long championed the benefits of open, rules-based trade to global food security The G20 can make a significant contribution to global food security by promoting market transparency, refraining from adopting trade restrictions, and
New 2024 forecasts for global cereal output point to a weather-driven drop in coarse grains offset by expected increases for wheat and rice The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that
New FSSAI initiative aims to develop detection methods and assess the prevalence of microplastics in Indian food The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched an innovative project to tackle the growing concern
SOFI 2024 report highlights a cost-hunger trap plaguing some regions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022 and some
1 in 11 people worldwide faced hunger in 2023, 1 in 5 in Africa Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa,