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New UN report: World's most vulnerable are paying more for less food
Updated : 3 years, 11 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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Nearly 20 million facing acute hunger in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan - almost half the population - are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in an UN-backed report, published on Monday.
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As Ukraine war causes market turmoil UN reports giant leap in global food
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], April 11 (ANI): Global food prices jumped to a new record high of nearly 13 per cent in March as the war caused turmoil in markets for staple grains and edible oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO) published on April 8 said.
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New Zealand to support rural Afghans with agricultural inputs, cash aid
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 4 (ANI): New Zealand is funding with USD 2 million a new project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to provide agricultural inputs and cash aid to 94,500 people from farming communities in the provinces of Kunduz, Nangarhar, Parwan
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FAO chief economist warns of Ukraine conflict's possible heavy toll on foo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Maximo Torero, on Wednesday warned of the possible heavy toll of the Ukraine conflict on world food security.
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Droughts in East Africa require immediate actions to avert famine
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], November 18 (ANI/Sputnik): Severe droughts across the Horn of Africa leading to high level of food insecurity among population require immediate actions to mitigate further deterioration, joint statement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and Food and
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World food import bill to reach record high in 2021
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 12 (ANI): The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said the global food trade should hit an all-time record high in both volume and value terms.
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Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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5 million Yemenis 'one step away from famine' in 2021, UN warns
Updated : 5 years, 5 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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UN warns Africa's ongoing locust crisis could become 'major humanitarian p
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], Feb 12 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that the ongoing locust crisis in eastern Africa could become a major humanitarian plague.
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