Tag: FAO

• Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:50 UTC

  Potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass in all oceans, FAO report

  

  New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with high reliance on aquatic foods, according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:04 UTC

  FAO Report: for the first time aquaculture production surpasses capture fisheries

  

  World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

  Food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May, as higher prices of cereals and dairy products outweighed decreases in quotations for sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Thursday, May 9th 2024 - 21:43 UTC

  April FAO food prices index slightly higher, vegetable oils and cereals climbing

  

  The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as higher prices of meat and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals outweighed decreases in sugar and dairy product prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.

• Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:43 UTC

  Colombia going through acute food insecurity

  

  A document released Wednesday by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) together with the United Nation's (UN) Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) showed that, under leftwing President Gustavo Petro, Colombia had for the first time joined the list of countries going through acute food insecurity.

• Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

  FAO launches fishing Global Information Exchange System under the 2009 agreement on port measures

  

  Global exchange of information on compliance with national, regional, and international fisheries laws and regulations governing sustainable fishing is now possible with the launch of the Global Information Exchange System, GIES, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

  FAO launches the International Year of Camelids 2024 and their global impact

  

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched the International Year of Camelids 2024 on Monday at its Rome headquarters, to recognize and celebrate the vital contributions these animals make to livelihoods, food security, and nutrition.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  FAO food commodity prices down in January, tenth month running

  

  The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined in January for the tenth consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:33 UTC

  Massa signs deal with FAO chief Qu Dongyu

  

  Argentina's Superminister of Economy and Production Sergio Massa signed an agreement with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu during the latter's trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2023 - 09:15 UTC

  FAO food prices dipped 1,9% in December but overall 2022 prices are 14,3% higher than 2021

  

  The index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining by 1.9% from the previous month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.