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Global view of planetary land cover
17 March 2014, Rome
- A new FAO database collects previously scattered and unharmonized land cover information from around the globe into one centralized database. This marks a major improvement in information regarding the physical characteristics of the Earth's surface. Getting a good global overview of land cover – such as, how much land is covered by croplands, tree covered areas, bare soils, etc. – has been a great challenge of experts in the field, until now. Generally speaking, different countries and organizations go about identifying, measuring and recording such data in diverse ways. For FAO's new Global Land Cover SHARE (...)
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Family Farming in Asia-Pacific
14 March 2014, 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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GM crops in traded food
13 March 2014, Rome
– There is a steady increase in incidents where low levels of GM crops are being detected in traded food and feed, FAO has said today. It is noted that this can be attributed to the increased production of genetically modified crops (GMOs) around the globe. According to FAO, the trace amounts of GM crops become mixed with non-GM food and feed crops as a result of accidents occurring during field production - for example, a field trial of a GM crop grown near a field of a non-GM crop. This could also by (...)
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Asia and the Pacific: increase production
The region as a whole needs to improve its methods of food production and delivery to consumers. (...)
10/03/2014
Closing the gender gap in agriculture
Women play a remarkably strong role in Agriculture while facing an equally remarkable array of challenges. (...)
07/03/2014
FAO Food Price Index
Food Index saw price upticks in all commodity groups, with the exception of meat, which fell marginally. (...)
06/03/2014
Zimbabwe: smallholder farmers receive support
The European Union (EU) has given $19 million USD to help smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. (...)
06/03/2014
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
Agreement: FAO and Belarus
Interview with Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General for Europe and Central Asia, about...
12/02/2014
