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India committed to ensure food and nutritional security for its citizens:
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said that India is committed to ensuring food and nutritional security for its citizens.
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African swine fever reported in Kerala's Wayanad; state govt on vigil
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 23 (ANI): Right after African swine fever was reported from two farms in Wayanad in Kerala, the state government on Friday initiated steps to prevent its spread.
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Pandemic, supply disruptions pose risk to food security; urgent actions ne
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): The Covid-19 pandemic, its resultant interruption in international supply chains, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine severely disrupting food, fuel and fertilizer markets, countries across the world now need to strengthen safety nets, facilitate trade, boost food
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USD 150 million aid by World Bank comes as relief to Afghan farmers under
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): The World Bank has granted USD 150 million in aid to Afghan farmers as food security continues to plummet in the country due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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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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Afghanistan enters list of global hunger hotspots that need humanitarian a
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 7 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are issuing an early warning alert for urgent humanitarian action in 20 hunger hotspots, including Afghanistan, where hunger is expected to worsen from June to September 2022
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Sri Lanka PM holds discussions with FAO, UNDP representatives
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions on Friday with the Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Vimlendra Sharan, and United Nations Development Program Deputy Country Representative, Malin Herwig, regardin
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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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Mumbai recognised as 2021 Tree City of World
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 12 (ANI): Mumbai has been recognised as the "2021 Tree City of the World" by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (UN) jointly with Arbor Day Foundation, Department of Public Relations, Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation informed o
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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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