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Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Rome, [Italy], November 3 (ANI): Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
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Villages should not be seen as mere 'factories supplying food to cities':
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that providing better prices for agricultural produce and timely, affordable credit to farmers is crucial to sustaining agriculture in the country.
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Global food prices fall for first time in 12 months: FAO
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 8 (ANI): Global food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, according to a benchmark United Nations report released on Thursday.
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Global food prices rise at rapid pace: FAO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 3 (ANI): Global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade even as world cereal production is on course to reach a new record high, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations reported on Thursday.
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FAO food price index rises for 9th consecutive month in Feb
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], March 5 (ANI): Global food commodity prices rose for the ninth consecutive month in February with quotations for sugar and vegetable oils increasing the most, according to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
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Odisha sports dept launches AIFF E-Certificate course for football coaches
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 28 (ANI): With an aim to promote football from grassroots to elite, the state government's Department of Sports and Youth Services, in association with All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Football Association Odisha (FAO) on Wednesday, launched the
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World food prices rise for seventh month in a row: FAO
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Jan 8 (ANI): World food prices rose for the seventh consecutive month in December, led by dairy products and vegetable oils, according to Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
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5 million Yemenis 'one step away from famine' in 2021, UN warns
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Aden [Yemen], December 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Sunday warned that 5 million Yemenis "will likely be living just one step away from famine in the upcoming year."
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FAO, IFAD and WFP stressed on building resilient food systems on World Foo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Against the backdrop of the Coronavirus pandemic that has challenged lives, livelihoods and economics, the three UN food agencies called for an unprecedented response by way of collaboration and partnership to continue the fight against food an
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India providing free ration to about 80 crore poor for last 7-8 months: PM
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India has been providing free ration to about 80 crore poor for the last seven to eight months amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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MSP, govt procurement important for country's food security, here to stay:
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Once again terming the three recent agricultural reforms "a very important step in improving the agriculture sector of the country and increasing the income of farmers", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Minimum Support Price (MSP) and gove
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Govt will decide on right age of marriage for daughters soon: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the daughters of the country that the government will decide the right age for marriage as soon as the concerned committee gives its report.
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