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FAO Food Price Index dips in October

03 Nov 2023

Rome, HQ

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined moderately in October, down by 0.5 percent from September with the index for dairy products the only one to rise, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices [...]

Towards more sustainable and resilient agrifood systems: The importance of responsible global value chains

30 Oct 2023

Rome, HQ

The event will provide a platform to discuss challenges and possible solutions to ensure that policies and new regulations for responsible agrifood value chains benefit and do not harm agricultural producers and agri-businesses, and particularly smallholder farmers in developing countries, and support the transition toward more sustainable and resilient agrifood [...]

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

07 Oct 2023

Vienna

Vienna – Global efforts to make cotton production more sustainable require innovative technologies, targeted investments and better governance through a systems approach that breaks down silos, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said today in his address to World Cotton Day 2023. World Cotton [...]

FAO Food Price Index unchanged in September

06 Oct 2023

Rome, HQ

Rome – The overall measure of international food commodity prices was broadly stable in September, with declines in quotations for vegetable oils, dairy and meat offset by a notable increase in those for sugar and maize, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks [...]