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When Classrooms Become Farms: OMG's Heartful Journey to the United Nations
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Rome [Italy]/ Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 27: Standing at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, where global leaders gathered for the World Food Forum 2025, Sourabh S. Sindhe, Founder and CEO of OMG, represented India's growing youth move
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India moves up to 9th position globally in forest area
Updated : 7 months ago IST
India has achieved a significant milestone in global environmental conservation, moving up to the 9th position in terms of total forest area globally, as per the Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Bali on Wednesday, a
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UN: Flash Floods in Afghanistan's Badakhshan affected over 1,000 household
Updated : 1 year ago IST
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that the floods in the Jurm and Baharak districts in Badakhshan province have inflicted significant financial damage on local farmers and herders.
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Millet cultivation gains momentum in Tripura amid global focus on nutritio
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In line with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's declaration of 2023 as the 'International Year of Millets,' the Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in Tripura is placing renewed emphasis on millet cultivation.
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UN body in Afghanistan thanks India for assistance in combating locust thr
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Afghanistan thanked India for supplying 40,000 litres of Malathion, a pesticide used to fight locust menace.
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FAO raises its forecast for global cereal production in 2023
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
FAO's new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief pegs global wheat output at 785 million tonnes, coarse grain production at 1 511 million tonnes - up 2.7 per cent from 2022 - and world rice output at 523.1 million tonnes.
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Collective efforts needed to stop wasting food while millions go hungry: U
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) are sounding the alarm over losses amounting to 13 per cent of the world’s food in the supply chain before products even hit the shelves, and a further 17 per cent lost in households and retail.
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Agritech Start-up Farmers Fresh Zone Receives UN Recognition
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 14: Farmers Fresh Zone (Farmers FZ), a Kochi-based start-up, was one among the 12 agri-food start-ups selected across the world by Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations.
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FAO welcomes EU contribution of Euro 25 mn to advance wildlife conservatio
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed Euro 25 million in additional funding from the European Union (EU) to extend and scale up the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme.
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Severe drought, harsh winter impacted Afghan farmers: FAO
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report that severe and widespread drought and a bitterly cold winter have impacted farmers in Afghanistan, reported TOLO News.
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UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment to address challenges to trans
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Around 2000 participants from over 160 countries, including over 20 Heads of State and Government, will attend the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome on July 24-26.
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WHO classifies non-sugar sweetener Aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to h
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) released the assessments of the aspartame.
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