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Forecasting positive 2015 world crop prospects, UN agency warns of food insecurity 'hotspots'

New York, July 10 (JEN) Favorable worldwide conditions for cereal crops will lead to better-than-expected production this growing season at the global level, on Thursday said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). more

UN agriculture agency partners with Italy's Autogrill to cut food waste and support small farmers

New York, July 9 (JEN) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Wednesdayannounced a partnership with Autogrill –the multinational food and beverage provider best known for ...

Small farmers can be major actors in reducing agriculture's carbon footprint - UN agency

New York, July 9 (JEN) Helping farmers adapt to the impacts of climate change can also significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, finds a new study released on Wednesdayby one of the agr ...

At UN Economic and Social Council, ministers commit to 'people-centred' post-2015 development agenda

New York, July 9 (JEN): The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesdaycommitted itself, through a Ministerial Declaration, to establishing a new set of inclusive susta ...

Development financing conference to agree 'concrete' action on social protection, aid delivery – UN official

New York, July 8 (JEN) The senior United Nations official who will act as head of the upcoming Third International Conference of Financing for Development, to be held in the Ethiopian capit ...

Lessons from Millennium Development Goals ‘springboard’ for future UN agenda – Ban

New York, July 7 (IBNS) The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) galvanized the world to produce the most successful anti-poverty movement in history, helped lift more than one ...

Lead in fruits, drugs in livestock among issues to be tackled by UN food standards body

New York, July 7 (JEN) The United Nations food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, on Monday kicked off its latest session in Geneva, during which it will examine and adopt ne ...

Adequate, targeted financing key to people-centred sustainable development – UN official

New York, July 3 (JEN) In 2002, the global community came together in Monterrey, Mexico, to address key financial issues affecting global development. The International Conference on Financ ...

Ukraine: UN scales up food assistance in country's crisis torn eastern region

New York, July 2 (JEN) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesdayit will scale up its emergency operation in eastern Ukraine to provide 500,000 conflict-affected people ...

World must prioritize social protection as primary development tool, urge UN and World Bank

New York, July 1 (JEN) Now it is time for universal social protection to ensure no one is left behind, the heads of the International Labour Organization and the World Bank declared today, n ...