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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
10 March 2014, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
--- Government Ministers and high-level officials from nearly 40 countries are set to gather in Asia’s largest land-locked country this week to discuss ways and means to bring an end to hunger and improve food security across this vast continent. The 32nd Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) being held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is being hosted by the Government of Mongolia and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO has warned that governments in Asia and the Pacific should take some major, fundamental decisions – and soon – about (...)
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Closing the gender gap in agriculture
7 March 2014, Rome
– Tomorrow will mark International Women’s day, and with that, high-level experts from the UN and partner organizations met today at FAO Headquarters in Rome to discuss the theme "Closing the gender gap in agriculture”. Women play a remarkably strong role in Agriculture while facing an equally remarkable array of challenges. In this dialogue - jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Programme (WFP), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Farmers’ (...)
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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
Family Farming in the Near East
Family farming is the predominant form of agriculture in the food production sector. (...)
05/03/2014
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
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
