News archive 2013

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FAO warns that the world risks a repeat of the disastrous 2006 bird flu outbreaks unless surveillance and control of this and other dangerous animal diseases is strengthened globally."Even though everyone knows that prevention is better than cure, I am worried because in the current climate governments are unable to keep up their guard," says FAO's Chief Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth.
29-01-2013
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"There can be no sustainable development in the world while millions of people go hungry," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today, referring to the central theme being discussed in Santiago del Chile by presidents and heads of State of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union.
26-01-2013
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Twenty-two months of conflict have left Syria’s agricultural sector in tatters with cereal, fruit and vegetable production dropping for some by half and massive destruction of irrigation and other infrastructure, a UN mission has found.
23-01-2013
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Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and partners.
22-01-2013
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The German Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, and the Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva have called for a significant increase in responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and feed a growing world population.
19-01-2013
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The Executive Vice President and CEO of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the FAO Director-General today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly promote responsible private agribusiness investment and create economic opportunities for rural communities.
19-01-2013
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A new programme in the Republic of South Sudan is helping vulnerable farmers to improve their livelihoods by boosting the quality of the seeds used to produce key crops. With the support of the Government of France, FAO is joining efforts with the South Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture to implement the year-long programme in several states.
15-01-2013
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The FAO Food Price Index dropped for the third consecutive month in December 2012, edging down 1.1 percent. For 2012 as a whole, the Index averaged 212 points, that is 7.0 percent less than in 2011, with the sharpest fall year-on-year registered by sugar (17.1 percent).
10-01-2013
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