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Food and Agriculture Organisation marks international day of awareness of
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Reducing food loss and waste is crucial for improving food security and nutrition, promoting the efficient use of resources, protecting the environment, and fostering a more equitable distribution of food resources globally, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisatio
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G20 backs FAO's Blue Transformation for sustainable fisheries, aquaculture
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed the inclusion of fisheries and aquaculture and family farming in this year's G20 priorities, emphasising their essential role in global nutrition and livelihoods.
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IAEA, FAO support farmers in using nuclear-derived agriculture to boost cr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Farmers in six Asian countries have successfully increased their rice yields using nuclear-derived climate-smart agricultural practices, with the support of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
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Global cereal output seen hitting all-time high in 2024
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, issued by FAO Friday, attributed its raised projections to a better harvest outlook for maize in Argentina and Brazil as well as Turkiye and Ukraine, which will offset downgrades to the outlook for Indonesia, Pakistan and several Southern African countries
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IBISA raises USD 3 million to scale parametric insurance solutions, streng
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Luxembourg City [Luxembourg], June 25: IBISA, a Climate Insurtech company, has closed a USD 3 million funding round to scale its parametric insurance solutions for weather-related risks in Asia and Africa. The round was led by The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) and Equator, alongsi
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UAE contributes to FAO of United Nations humanitarian efforts in Sudan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
FAO has received USD5 million in funding from the UAE, which will be directed towards the project titled 'Mitigating Famine in Sudan - Support to Conflict-Affected Vulnerable Smallholder Farming and Pastoralist Households'.
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Global Environment Facility approves USD 70 million to support FAO project
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has helped 28 countries unlock USD 70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, groundwater management, biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.
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UAE allocates 70 per cent of its USD 100 million pledge to United Nations,
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasised that the aid will be allocated to key partners and UN agencies, including the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN World Food Programme (WFP), UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Food and Agriculture Organ
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Climate change, flawed policies drive Pakistan towards food insecurity: Re
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
This crisis traces back to the massive floods that ravaged Pakistan from July to September 2022, inundating a third of the country's districts. A confluence of climatic factors, including a warming ocean, culminated in this extreme rainfall event, significantly impacting 15 per cent of Pakis
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FAO puts focus on importance of technology for International Day of Plant
Updated : 2 years ago IST
This year's observance on May 12 focuses on the many innovations that cut across areas where plant health is crucial - such as plant pest monitoring to protect agricultural production - and digital systems to ensure the safe international trade in plants.
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PM Modi's initiative, International Year of Millets comes to a close
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) organised the closing ceremony of the International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023 on Friday to take stock of the accomplishments of, and lessons learned from, IYM 2023 and identify priorities for future investments, particularly to address identifi
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FAO of the United Nations designated Nitte University as its reference cen
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has designated Nitte University, Mangalore as the FAO Reference Center for Antimicrobial Resistance and Aquaculture Biosecurity. Nitte, with the endorsement by the Government of India, has the d
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