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New York, July 7 (Just Earth News): Global food commodity prices rose 4.2 per cent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday, also noting improved production prospects for the year ahead. more
Iraq: UN sending extra food rations to provide for thousands displaced from Fallujah

New York, June 27 (Just Earth News):Expressing concern about the extremely dire conditions for more than 85,000 people who have fled the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah and its surroundings ...

South Sudan: UN food relief agency warns of worsening food, nutrition status

New York, June 24 (Just Earth News):Despite some recent political progress in South Sudan, a deteriorating food and nutrition situation, economic decline and sporadic violence are continuing ...

At regional session, UN agricultural agency urges sustainable development for better nutrition

New York, May 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): While many countries in Europe and Central Asia have made progress in reducing the prevalence of hunger, other forms of malnutrition still exist in ...

UN agency boosts efforts to detect and prevent spread of damaging wheat rusts

New York, Apr 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday it is expanding a partnership to inhibit the ongoing spread of wheat rusts, ...

NASA plant researchers explore question of deep-space food crops

California, Feb 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA plant physiologist Ray Wheeler, Ph.D., and fictional astronaut Mark Watney from the movie "The Martian" have something in common — they ...

'Fired' N'Smoked' gourmet pizza delivery chain launched in Mumbai

Mumbai, Dec 16 (JEN): Pizza lovers in Mumbai can now have more options with the launch of PizzAah!-city's latest pizza chain.

National policies on trade and agriculture key to tackling food security: UN agency

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The rules governing global trade of food and agricultural products should aim to improve countries' food security and other development objectives, a ...

FAO deploys artificial fish habitats along Somali coast to boost sustainable fishing

New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), working with the European Union has completed the deployment of 25 Fish-Aggregating Devices (FADs) †...

Children under five account for one third of deaths from foodborne diseases: UN

New York, Dec 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Diarrhoeal diseases are responsible for more than half of all foodborne diseases globally and of all those who fall ill after consuming contaminated f ...