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New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News): Warning that ongoing unrest and rising inflation have left more than five million people in restive north-east Nigeria facing acute food insecurity, the United Nations agriculture agency on Thursday appealed for $25 million through May 2017 to support irrigated vegetable production and micro-gardening in the dry season, as well as rebuild livestock systems. more
Damages to agricultural sector in storm-hit Haiti estimated at $580 million – UN food agency

New York, Nov 23 (Just Earth News): Post-disaster assessments by the United Nations food security and emergency food relief agencies in hurricane-hit Haiti have revealed “extensiveâ ...

UN agriculture agency calls for giant research leap to rein in farm-driven antimicrobial resistance

New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Combating anti-microbial resistance (AMR) requires much better scientific understanding than now of the myriad of pathways by which resistance emerges and ...

Poor rains, supply bottlenecks exacerbating food security woes in war-torn Syria, UN warns

New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Reeling under the effects of a seemingly unending conflict, Syrian farmers may have “no other option” but to abandon food production, with gra ...

Sugar, dairy and staple grains push food price index up by 0.7 per cent in October – UN

New York, Nov 10 (Just Earth News): Rise in the price indices of staple grains, sugar and dairy have pushed global food price index up by 0.7 per cent in October 2016 to 172.6 points (9.1 pe ...

South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in 2017, UN agriculture agency warns

New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): As the conflict in South Sudan grinds on, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday that 31 per cent of the country†...

Future of food security depends on irrigation methods that adapt to climate change – UN agency

New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that in order to adapt agriculture to a changing climate, new approaches to irrigatio ...

Nukkadwala opens its first outlet in Delhi

New Delhi, Nov 7 (Just Earth News): Nukkadwala, an Indian QSR (quick service restaurant) chain of Vatika Group, has opened its first store in New Delhi at PVR Anupam Complex in Saket.

Severe hunger in southern Madagascar likely persist into 2017 due to drought-hit crops, UN warns

New York, Oct 27 (Just Earth News): The impact of severe El Niño-induced drought on crop production in southern Madagascar, where nearly 850,000 people are acutely food insecure, is likel ...

'An entire generation could be crippled by hunger' in Yemen – UN food relief agency

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency on Tuesday said it is increasingly concerned about deteriorating food security and growing rates of child malnutriti ...