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FAO Food Price Index
6 March 2014, Rome
– Weather-related trends and increased demand came into play as the FAO Food Price Index registered its sharpest increase since mid-2012, averaging 208.1 points in February 2014. The new level was 5.2 points, or 2.6 percent, above a slightly revised index for January, but was still 2.1 percent lower than last year at the same time. The figures were released amid news reports of spikes in wheat and corn prices in response to recent developments in Ukraine, but the February increase in the Index cannot be attributed to those events. Changing conditions in Ukraine and Russia, (...)
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Zimbabwe: smallholder farmers receive support
6 March 2014, Harare
– The European Union (EU) has given $19 million USD to help smallholder farmers in communal and old resettlement areas of Zimbabwe. The funds, channelled through the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will enable smallholder farmers to receive support through two programs: Irrigation Support and livestock assistance. According to FAO, the programmes will be rolled out over a 48 month period, with the goal of sustainably increasing production and productivity in the targeted areas, as well as, assisting smallholders to engage in commercial agriculture through integrated farming approaches.
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Family Farming in the Near East
4 March 2013, Rome
- The International Year of Family Farming was launched as part of a global campaign to reinforce awareness and support for small scale and family farmers around the world. The move to focus on family farmers for the international year was driven by strong advocacy from civil society, mainly the World Rural Forum. According to FAO, the contributions of these important agricultural producers is critical to the fight against hunger and malnutrition. Both in developing and developed countries, family farming is the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector.
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Providing solutions to food insecurity
The goal is to develop the capacities of food security professionals, including nutritionists, statisticians, market analysts and others. (...)
28/02/2014
NERC32: Press conference
Press Conference at FAO to follow Regional Conference for the Near East. (...)
28/02/2014
Ministerial Meeting opens today
A two-day Ministerial Meeting opens today at FAO headquarters for Ministers from member countries across the region. (...)
27/02/2014
Near East: undernourishment and malnutrition
At the national level, governments should channel more resources toward increasing food productivity, especially by smallholders. (...)
24/02/2014
Agreement: FAO and Belarus
Interview with Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General for Europe and Central Asia, about...
12/02/2014
Hungry Planet Episode 33
In this episode of Hungry Planet: In Kenya, the Biketi family receive traing and tools to help them ...
07/02/2014
