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Rice Prices Hit 15-Year High Globally After India Curbs: UN Food Body
Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
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World Food Prices Hit Record High In 2022, Says UN Food Agency
World food prices eased in December marking the ninth consecutive monthly fall, but gained more than 14% in 2022 compared to the previous year, to reach the highest since records began, the UN food agency said on Friday.
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Global Food Prices Hit 10-Year High In 2021: UN Agency
Global food prices reached a 10-year high in 2021, rising by an average of 28 per cent compared to the previous year, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said Thursday.
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World Food Prices Climb In November, Stay At 10-Year Peak: UN Agency
World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong demand for wheat and dairy products, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday.
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Surging Food Import Costs Threaten World's Poorest, Warns World Agriculture Body
Food import costs across the world are expected to surge to record levels this year, piling pressure on many of the poorest countries whose economies have already been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N.Food Agency said on Thursday.
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Livelihoods Of Millions Of Farmers At Risk, Warns UN Body. Here's Why
An "invasive pest", recently detected in India that devours more than 80 different plant species including many staple crops, could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization has warned.
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Agriculture In Europe To Decline As Asian Output Grows, Says UN
Agricultural production in Western Europe is set to decline over the coming decade, with output in Africa and Asia expected to increase, the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report Tuesday.
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How The Food We Eat Makes Climate Change Worse
The way we produce and eat food must change urgently both to cut the amount of planet-warming emissions produced by agriculture, and to help farmers adapt to climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
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UN Experts Find Weed Killer Glyphosate Unlikely To Cause Cancer
The pesticide glyphosate, sold by Monsanto in its Roundup weed killer product and widely used in agriculture and by gardeners, is unlikely to cause cancer in people, according to a new safety review by United Nations health, agriculture and food experts.
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Emissions Set to Soar as Love of Steak Takes Off in Asia
Climate change is the last thing on Maya Puspita Sari's mind as she tucks into a steak and splurges on ice cream, products that were once a luxury but are now a growing staple in the diets of millions of Indonesians.
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Over 30,000 Starving to Death in South Sudan 'Catastrophe': UN
Over 30,000 people in South Sudan's war-zone regions face death by starvation, the United Nations said today, warning that "tens of thousands" more are on the "brink of famine."
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Congo Looks to Insect Farming in Fight Against Hunger
There is no shortage of protein in Kinshasa's Gambela Market, from cows to antelope and snakes. But it is the blue and silver bowls brimming with twitching crickets, termites and slithering meal worms that do the briskest trade.
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Economic Growth Halves Hunger in Asia Over 25 Years: United Nations
Economic growth helped the Asia-Pacific region to halve the proportion of those who have too little to eat to 12 percent of its population over the past 25 years, meeting one of the UN Millennium Development Goals, UN officials said on Thursday.
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Economic Growth Halves Hunger in Asia Over 25 Years - U.N.
Economic growth helped the Asia-Pacific region to halve the proportion of hungry people over the past 25 years
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Yaks, Helicopters Race Against Time to Feed Nepal Earthquake Survivors
Eleven days after a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal, UN officials are scrambling to get aid to remote mountain regions, deploying yaks, goats and old Russian helicopters to carry rice and high-energy biscuits to 1.4 million hungry people.
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Rice Prices Hit 15-Year High Globally After India Curbs: UN Food Body
Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday.
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World Food Prices Hit Record High In 2022, Says UN Food Agency
World food prices eased in December marking the ninth consecutive monthly fall, but gained more than 14% in 2022 compared to the previous year, to reach the highest since records began, the UN food agency said on Friday.
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Global Food Prices Hit 10-Year High In 2021: UN Agency
Global food prices reached a 10-year high in 2021, rising by an average of 28 per cent compared to the previous year, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said Thursday.
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World Food Prices Climb In November, Stay At 10-Year Peak: UN Agency
World food prices rose for a fourth straight month in November to remain at 10-year highs, led by strong demand for wheat and dairy products, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday.
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Surging Food Import Costs Threaten World's Poorest, Warns World Agriculture Body
Food import costs across the world are expected to surge to record levels this year, piling pressure on many of the poorest countries whose economies have already been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N.Food Agency said on Thursday.
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Livelihoods Of Millions Of Farmers At Risk, Warns UN Body. Here's Why
An "invasive pest", recently detected in India that devours more than 80 different plant species including many staple crops, could threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of small-scale farmers in Asia, the Food and Agriculture Organization has warned.
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Agriculture In Europe To Decline As Asian Output Grows, Says UN
Agricultural production in Western Europe is set to decline over the coming decade, with output in Africa and Asia expected to increase, the OECD and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report Tuesday.
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How The Food We Eat Makes Climate Change Worse
The way we produce and eat food must change urgently both to cut the amount of planet-warming emissions produced by agriculture, and to help farmers adapt to climate change, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.
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UN Experts Find Weed Killer Glyphosate Unlikely To Cause Cancer
The pesticide glyphosate, sold by Monsanto in its Roundup weed killer product and widely used in agriculture and by gardeners, is unlikely to cause cancer in people, according to a new safety review by United Nations health, agriculture and food experts.
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Emissions Set to Soar as Love of Steak Takes Off in Asia
Climate change is the last thing on Maya Puspita Sari's mind as she tucks into a steak and splurges on ice cream, products that were once a luxury but are now a growing staple in the diets of millions of Indonesians.
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Over 30,000 Starving to Death in South Sudan 'Catastrophe': UN
Over 30,000 people in South Sudan's war-zone regions face death by starvation, the United Nations said today, warning that "tens of thousands" more are on the "brink of famine."
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Congo Looks to Insect Farming in Fight Against Hunger
There is no shortage of protein in Kinshasa's Gambela Market, from cows to antelope and snakes. But it is the blue and silver bowls brimming with twitching crickets, termites and slithering meal worms that do the briskest trade.
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Economic Growth Halves Hunger in Asia Over 25 Years: United Nations
Economic growth helped the Asia-Pacific region to halve the proportion of those who have too little to eat to 12 percent of its population over the past 25 years, meeting one of the UN Millennium Development Goals, UN officials said on Thursday.
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Economic Growth Halves Hunger in Asia Over 25 Years - U.N.
Economic growth helped the Asia-Pacific region to halve the proportion of hungry people over the past 25 years
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Yaks, Helicopters Race Against Time to Feed Nepal Earthquake Survivors
Eleven days after a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal, UN officials are scrambling to get aid to remote mountain regions, deploying yaks, goats and old Russian helicopters to carry rice and high-energy biscuits to 1.4 million hungry people.
