Averting losses of hundreds of millions of poultry is crucial to mitigate impacts on food security, nutrition and affordability of poultry products The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, bringing losses of hundreds of
FAO assumes joint custodianship of indicator seen as key to ending malnutrition The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has assumed joint custodianship with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) of a new
Higher sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices drive the overall increase The benchmark for global food commodity prices rose in February, propelled by increases in sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices, according to the new
FAO and UNOOSA emphasise the importance of collaboration to make space technologies benefit small-scale farmers Many of the new satellites currently in Earth’s orbit are equipped to provide revolutionary tools and data to improve global
International quotations for sugar and vegetable oils drive the FAO Food Price Index lower The FAO Food Price Index, the benchmark for world food commodity prices, declined in January, averaging 124.9 points during the month, down
In 2024 the benchmark measure of world food commodity prices averaged 2.1 percent below its 2023 level The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, led by a
FAO, WFP and UNICEF urge immediate humanitarian access and action to avert what could become the worst hunger crisis in recent history Four months after famine was first confirmed in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North
Stakeholder workshop on strengthening camel milk value chain in India organised in Bikaner as part of International Year of Camelids The United Nations has declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids. The Department of
New forecasts point to declining but still comfortable global cereal's stock-to-use ratio The benchmark for world food commodity prices rose in November to its highest level since April 2023, increasing by 0.5 per cent from
At the global meeting in Azerbaijan, FAO raised agrifood solutions as key for addressing the climate crisis and supported the COP29 Presidency with important initiatives The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)