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FAO food price index February 2015
5 March 2015, Rome
---The FAO Food Price Index declined to a 55-month low in February, dropping 1.0 percent from January and 14 percent below its level a year earlier. Lower prices for cereals, meat and especially sugar more than offset an increase in milk and palm oil prices. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 179.4 points in February, down from 181.2 points in January and 208.6 points in February 2014. Its ongoing decline – to its lowest level since July 2010 - reflects robust supply conditions, as FAO also once again raised its 2014 forecast for both world cereal production (...)
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Côte d'Ivoire: New fish drying technology
24 February 2015, Rome
--- In the small the fishing village of Abobodoumé, Côte d’Ivoire, it is estimated that 70-80 percent of local marine and freshwater catch is consumed in smoked form. Smoked fish is preferred by locals because of its nutrition benefits and it’s competitive prices compared to other protein sources such as milk, meat and eggs. And it also has a long shelf life, which is about 3-6 months. However, the traditional kilns widely used to prepare this popular food item do pose some problems.
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iSharkfin software: fins to save sharks
19 February 2015, Rome
--- Sharks may be able to swim more serenely one day thanks to a handy new digital technique developed by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization and its partners. With more species of sharks being included on international endangered species lists, it is becoming necessary to track which sharks are being fished and caught. Often times shark fins are brought to land without the bodies and this tool allows users to quickly identify various shark species by the fin. The new tool is called iSharkfin software.
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Management of Marine Areas
Management of Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction.
18/02/2015
WEST AFRICA EBOLA EPIDEMIC
Hundreds of thousands of families in rural areas of West Africa have been affected by the epidemic. Juan Lubroth is FAO’s Chief Veterinary Officer. He explains what is next in the fight against the (...)
17/02/2015
World Bank, FAO, Guinea against Ebola
World Bank teams up with FAO, Guinea government and provides $5 million for urgently-needed interventions.
17/02/2015
Global fertilizer use likely to rise
FAO report projects 1.8 percent annual growth as capacity expands faster.
16/02/2015
WOMEN PAVING THE WAY
One of the ways women across West Africa have been able to generate an income for themselves and their families is by a new method of drying fish using raised racks. The method has been credited with (...)
04/03/2015
Soils essential to a sustainable planet
The United Nations had declared 2015 to be the International Year of Soils. In this interview, Ronald Vargas, Soils and Land Management Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United N (...)
04/02/2015
