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New York, Mar 6 (JEN): Food prices dipped to a 55-month low in February, dropping a steady per cent from the previous month and 14 per cent below its level compared to a year earlier, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Thursday. more
UN agency, Africa Cup tournament kick off campaign rallying support to end hunger

New York, Jan 17 (JEN) A United Nations-supported video campaign to fight hunger in Africa will feature at the matches throughout the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, starting 17 January, the UN ...

Urgent UN agency appeal raises $45 million to meet refugee food needs in Kenya

New York, Dec 31 (JEN)The United Nations has said on Tuesday that a strong response by donors to its urgent appeal for funding means that it can resume providing full food rations to refugee ...

UN recognizes achievement of thirteen countries in eradicating hunger ahead of 2015-deadline

New York, Dec 2 (JEN) Honouring their outstanding progress in fighting hunger, 13 countries were commended on Monday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday f ...

Syria: UN forced to suspend food aid, warns of 'disastrous' impact as winter nears

New York, Dec 2 (JEN) A life-saving programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees has been suspended due to lack of funds, the United Nations World Food Programm ...

Development cooperation in Mediterranean can help stem tide of forced migration-UN agency

New York, Nov 29 (JEN) If countries of the Mediterranean want to stem the tide on forced migration and human suffering, they must put agricultural, food and rural development, including yo ...

As challenges mount for displaced in eastern Ukraine, UN agency ramps up food voucher plan

New York, Nov 22 (JEN) Key steps have been taken recently to deliver food vouchers to some 10,000 internally displaced people in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the United Nations World Food ...

At global food conference, UN officials sound the call for better global nutrition

New York, Nov 20 (JEN): The international community must intensify its efforts towards eradicating hunger and malnutrition, top United Nations officials declared today at the opening of a ma ...

First food convoy through Sudan humanitarian corridor arrives in South Sudan – UN

New York, Nov 11 (JEN)Eighteen trucks transporting 700 metric tons of food – enough to feed 45,000 people for one month – have arrived in South Sudan via Sudan on Monday markin ...

Iraq: UN agency warns of deteriorating agricultural sector, calls for increased funding

New York, Nov 11 (JEN) An additional $38.5 million in support is urgently needed to prevent Iraq’s agricultural sector from collapsing and the country’s food security situation ...