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Norway contributes USD23.7 mn of flexible funding to boost FAO's capacity
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The funds will be channelled through FAO's Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA), which is a funding mechanism with streamlined procedures to receive flexible contributions from donors and allocate them where and when they are most needed.
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FAO's initial assessment of Turkey earthquakes indicates over 20 pc losses
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Initial assessments of the impact in Turkey indicate severe damage to agriculture, including crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, as well as rural infrastructure in affected areas.
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Anil Agarwal Foundation launches initiative to enhance nutritional quality
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 27 (ANI/NewsReach): The UN FAO has marked the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. This has happened on India's request. By advocating millets on international platforms, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a road map for tackling food secu
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Delegates discuss energy security, climate change at second G20 Framework
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The two-day meeting was co-chaired by V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance and Clare Lombardelli, Chief Economic Adviser, UK Treasury.
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Technology Makes Sustainability a Profitable Opportunity for F&B Secto
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Today, food and beverage companies are under the spotlight to consider sustainable development in their business strategy due to a misconception of costs outweighing the benefits still prevailing in the industry. According to the recen
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Sri Lanka stares at food shortage, President Wickremesinghe asks for help
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The critical situation of the currency crisis in Sri Lanka has resulted in political, economic and social turmoil. Further, this currency collapse has resulted in a rise in food prices by 100 per cent in two years. Amid all this, President Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought support, The Island
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MoS Health Pawar vouches for AMR to be recognized as global health threat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Health, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Thursday highlighted that Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) is a silent and invisible pandemic and said that AMR should be recognized as a global health threat at the third global high-level conference held in Muscat, Oman.
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Nexdigm named again in Everest Group's Global PEAK Matrix, this Time for F
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): Nexdigm has been named in Everest Group's Global "PEAK Matrix® for Finance & Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) 2022" report.
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People of Afghanistan under world's most severe hunger crisis: Report
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
As per the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the hunger crisis is affecting 22.8 million people in Afghanistan which is equivalent to more than half of the population, as a result of extended drought, conflict, and political instability.
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Around 16 pc people face acute food insecurity in Pakistan: FAO official
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): Due to devastating floods and faulty country politics, around 15-16 per cent of citizens of Pakistan are reeling under food insecurity and the situation continues to get worse with every passing day.
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FSII donated Rs 20 Lakh (USD 25000) to the benefit sharing fund of FAO's I
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI/NewsVoir): Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) donated INR 20 lakh (USD 25000) to the Benefit Sharing Fund of Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) showing supp
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New UN report: World's most vulnerable are paying more for less food
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 10 (ANI): The global food import bill is on course to hit a new record of USD 1.8 trillion this year, but higher prices and transport costs rather than volumes account for the bulk of the expected increase, according to a new report released by the Food and Agriculture Org
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