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World Food Day 2024
16 Oct 2024
World Food Day: Date, History, Theme, Significance, And More
World Food Day holds immense significance as a global initiative to combat hunger The theme for World Food Day 2024 is "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future" It stands as a reminder of the ongoing fight against hunger and the need for global cooperation to ensure food security for all
Food and Agriculture Department
06 Mar 2022
World food prices in February at all-time high
The Index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities. The FAO Vegetable Oils Price Index led the increase. FAO Vegetable Oils Price Index 8.5 per cent from the previous month.
Food and Agriculture Organisation
06 Jan 2022
World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021: Food and Agriculture Organisation
FAO food price index averaged 125.7 points in 2021, the highest since 131.9 in 2011. The monthly index eased slightly in December. Higher food prices have contributed to a broader surge in inflation.
Narendra Modi
15 Oct 2020
PM Narendra Modi to release Rs 75 commemorative coin to mark FAO anniversary
PM Narendra Modi on Friday will release a commemorative coin of Rs 75 denomination on the occasion of 75th Anniversary of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This will mark the long-standing relation of India with FAO. The PM will also dedicate to the nation 17 recently developed biofortified varieties of 8 crops.
FAO
02 Aug 2019
822 million suffer from chronic malnutrition, FAO says
New Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, faces the challenge of mobilizing more public and private efforts against malnutrition, in a clear rise in the world for the last three years.
Italy Energy giant
28 Feb 2018
Italy's energy giant, FAO ink Nigeria water accord
The FAO will provide support by identifying the areas to sink the wells as well as technical expertise in the region covered by the project.
Hunger
19 May 2017
20 mn people on brink of famine - These 4 African countries face 'unprecedented' humanitarian crisis
Famine is defined as occurring when 20 per cent of the population is starving, 30 per cent of the children are extremely malnourished, and the mortality rate has reached double its average.
People starving in Cameroon
25 Feb 2017
Boko Haram violence leaves over 7 million facing starvation
Over 7 million people are starving in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria as a result of violence by the Boko Haram terror group, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported.
Food and Agriculture Organisation
07 Jun 2016
Ecological balance crucial for food security in India: Shyam Khadka, FAO
Panama
02 Jun 2016
Panama's indigenous tribes launch drones to fight deforestation
Indigenous people in Panama are using drones as a new weapon to monitor deforestation on their lands as thousands of hectares disappear every year in one of the world`s most biodiverse rainforests, the United Nations said.
Food insecurity in South Sudan
23 Oct 2015
3.9 million in South Sudan face extreme hunger: UN
Extreme hunger is pushing people to the brink of a catastrophe in parts of South Sudan as 3.9 million people nationwide face severe food insecurity
exports
13 Jul 2015
India's rice exports may drop by 20% in 2016: FAO
India's rice exports may decline by 20 percent in 2016 due to tight supplies and growing domestic demand, according to the UN body FAO.
UN body
10 Jul 2015
$160 needed per person to end world hunger: FAO
A UN body on Friday said only USD 160 (about Rs 10,000) is all that is needed annually per person living in extreme poverty to eradicate world hunger by 2030.
Agriculture
08 Jun 2015
Sustaining 4% growth in agri sector a challenge: Singh
Sustaining 4 percent growth in the farm sector is a challenging task though it remains one of the top priorities of the government, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said Monday.
United Nations
19 Nov 2014
UN urges action to fix 'broken' world food system
The United Nations urged political leaders from around the world on Wednesday to up their game in the fight to wipe out malnutrition, a global scourge which afflicts poor and rich alike.
Food and Agriculture Organization
09 Oct 2014
World food prices fall for sixth straight month in Sept, longest in 15 years: FAO
Bumper harvests and big stockpiles of food are helping to drive world food prices down to the lowest levels for about 15 years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization reported on Thursday.
Narendra Modi
09 Sep 2014
India not blocking rule-based global trade: PM
In the WTO talks in Geneva in July, India had taken a tough stance on the issue of foodgrain holding and food subsidy after which the US blamed it for failure of the negotiations.
Narendra Modi
09 Sep 2014
Modi urges FAO to take the lead in protecting interests of poor and farmers at WTO
Modi asserted that India does not stand in the way of a rule-based global trade agreement, but India cannot sacrifice the interests and food security of the poor and the farmers.
India
08 Sep 2014
India needs to work more to address poverty: FAO
India, the world's second largest wheat and rice grower, needs to make speedier progress towards reducing the number of hungry people, a top official of the UN food agency FAO said Monday.
FAO
18 Aug 2014
Fighting in Gaza hits local food production & prices: FAO
The violence in Gaza has brought local food production to a halt as 17,000 hectares of farmland have been damaged substantially forcing farmers and herders to abandon their lands, according to the UN body FAO.
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