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Yemen: As food crisis worsens, UN agencies call for urgent assistance to avert catastrophe

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News): The number of food insecure people in Yemen has risen by three million in seven months, with an estimated 17.1 million people â€“ more than two-thirds of the entire population of 27.4 million â€“ now struggling to feed themselves, according to a joint assessment by three United Nations agencies. more

'Year of Pulses' closes with call to build on strong momentum among famers, private sector – UN

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News): Although the International Year of Pulses has helped raise awareness globally of the many benefits of pulses, such as beans, lentils and chickpeas, gains ...

International collaboration on wheat rust can curb threat to global supplies – UN agency

New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News): As new data shows that wheat in Africa, Asia and Europe is increasingly threatened by fresh groups of wheat rust, the United Nations agricultural agency is ...

UN agency creates tool box of new technologies, good practices to help keep food safe

New York, Feb 1 (Just Earth News): From avian flu to locusts and E. coli bacteria, food is contaminated every day by diseases and pests, leading the United Nations agricultural agency to cre ...

Warning of dire food shortages in Horn of Africa, UN agricultural agency calls for urgent action

New York, Jan 30 (Just Earth News): With only one-quarter of expected rainfall received in the Horn of Africa in the October-December period, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on M ...

UN food relief agency chief welcomes progress on anti-hunger programmes in north-east Nigeria

New York, Jan 28 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations food relief agency on Friday welcomed the progress made by the humanitarian community and the Government of Nigeria in figh ...

Global Goals on poverty and hunger require $265 billion annually – UN conference told

New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News): The world must take urgent action to mobilise the estimated $265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end pover ...

Sustainable agriculture, better-managed water supplies, vital to tackling water-food nexus – UN

New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News): Highlighting the challenges associated with the inextricable links between water and food â€“ the so-called â€˜water-food nexusâ€™ â€“ ...

UN agency urges support for small farmers to help them not just get by, but thrive and feed others

New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News): Highlighting growing challenges, such as climate change and natural resource scarcity, facing small farmers in developing countries, the head of the Uni ...

UN agriculture chief calls for stronger water management, improved access for small farmers

New York, Jan 21 (Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agricultural agency on Friday urged the international community to promote more efficient use of water and to take steps ...