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COVID-19 driving up hunger in vulnerable countries: UN FAO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome/New York, June 10 (ANI): Initial and ongoing assessments by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) provide strong indications that the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts are driving up hunger in countries that were already experiencing high levels of food insecurity prior to th
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'Pakistan, India cooperating to fight desert locust under FAO-administrate
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan and India are cooperating with each other to tackle the issue of desert locust under a forum administered by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Pakistan Foreign Office said.
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FAO food price index falls to its lowest point in 17 months
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 4 (ANI): Global food commodity prices fell for the fourth consecutive month in May as coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic caused the economic crunch, leading the market to reflect strong supply and weak demand situation, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
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India proposes coordinated response to tackle locust attack; Islamabad yet
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): To deal with a common enemy, India has proposed a coordinated response to tackle Desert Locust along the border to Pakistan and also offered to facilitate the supply of insecticide Malathion to Islamabad for the same.
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Global food commodity prices drop further due to COVID-19: FAO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Rome [Italy], May 7 (ANI): World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April as the economic and logistical impacts of COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United
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UN warns of food shortage as COVID-19 disrupts supply chains
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA] April 13 (ANI): The United Nations' (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its report has said that the world is staring at a possible disruption in food supply chains that would increase food insecurity as a drawback of coronavirus pandemic.
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WTC Chandigarh to set up a center of excellence for food and agriculture
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India] March 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): WTCA (World Trade Center Association) agricultural committee in association with agro-industry bodies intend to be a catalyst to the food and agricultural industry in India.
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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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European Union organised food and agriculture seminar in India on 10-11 Oc
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Food production and gastronomy in Europe are based on the combination of knowledge, skills, practices and traditions bringing together farming and methods of conserving, processing, cooking, sharing and eating food.
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21st session of WHO-FAO coordinating committee of Asia begins
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Sept 24 (ANI): The 21st session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Coordinating Committee was inaugurated in Panaji on September 23.
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Need to overcome difficulties of data shortage in food, agriculture sector
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao asserted that there is a need to overcome the difficulties arising out of non-availability of appropriate statistical data pertaining to food and agriculture sectors.
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Aiming for two-fold hike in food exports: Commerce Ministry
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): India is aiming at a two-fold hike in exports of food items in the next five years which will help in doubling the income of farmers and those associated with the food and agriculture industry, the Ministry of Commerce revealed.
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