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UN food agencies to join G8 agriculture ministers in Treviso

19/04/2009
19 April 2009, Rome - International agencies on the front lines of the effort to increase food security will bring concerns on the impact of the economic crisis on small-holder farmers and on people's ability to afford food to the [...]

Helping migrants to invest in countries of origin

27/03/2009
27 March 2009, Rome – Helping migrants to invest in agricultural development in their home countries is at the heart of a new agreement between FAO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Football against hunger weekend 20–22 March 2009

11/03/2009
11 March 2009, Rome – Over 200 professional football clubs, 100 stadiums and millions of football fans will be involved in the first ever Europe-wide football weekend against hunger being held from 20 to 22 March.

Women Shoulder Heaviest Burden in Global Food Crisis

05/03/2009
Published on 05 March 2009 - Throughout the developing world the global food crisis has made women’s role as chief food provider even more difficult. As WFP delivers food to nearly 100 million people in 77 countries, we try to [...]

World fisheries must prepare for climate change

02/03/2009
2 March 2009, Rome - The fishing industry and national fisheries authorities must do more to understand and prepare for the impacts that climate change will have on world fisheries, says a new FAO report published today

The Gaza Crisis: Facts, Figures and Documents

22/01/2009
Documents from the World Food Programme (WFP) Stocks in Gaza as of 20 January 2009 Gaza Crisis Consolidated SITREP WFP Situation Report on the Crisis in Gaza Operation Lifeline in Gaza

Operation Lifeline Gaza Reaches The Hungry

19/01/2009
Kuwait, 17 January 2009 - Josette Sheeran, the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that Operation Lifeline Gaza, a campaign launched one week ago at Egypt's border with Gaza to raise awareness and resources [...]

Economic crisis threatens "potato boom"

15/12/2008
15 December 2008, Rome - Booming potato production in the developing world could falter as the global economic slowdown reduces investment, trade and potato farmers' access to credit, a new FAO report warned today.

Food Ships to Somalia Receive NATO and Dutch Protection

10/12/2008
Rome, 10 November 2008 - The Netherlands and NATO are providing naval escorts to protect WFP ships carrying life-saving assistance from pirate attacks off Somalia. More than 2 million Somalis could go hungry without this protection.

Number of hungry people rises to 963 million

09/12/2008
9 December 2008, Rome - Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary estimates published by FAO today. This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the [...]
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