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Further decline in the global food price index in February, according to the FAO index
Published on 03/08/2024 at 12:54 p.m. Photo credit © Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations…
World food prices at lowest in three years (FAO)
Published on 02/02/2024 at 10:05 p.m. LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – World food prices fell to their lowest level in almost three years…
World food prices at their lowest in three years – FAO – 02/02/2024 at 11:15
World food prices fell in January to their lowest level in almost three years, driven by falling prices for cereals and meat, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s monthly…
Livestock produces 12% of human greenhouse gas emissions, according to the FAO
Livestock farming is responsible for 12% of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans and its impact on the climate will worsen (AFP/Archives/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU) Livestock farming is the source of 12%…
Global food prices continued to fall in December, FAO says
This index averaged 132.4 points in December, “i.e. 1% less than its value a year earlier.” World food prices fell further in December and even fell back below their level…
Global food import bill set to jump 10% in 2022, warns FAO
In parallel with this increase, the global import bill for agricultural inputs, particularly fertilizers, is expected to increase by 48% compared to 2021. Global spending on food imports is expected…
World food prices continue to fall in August (FAO)
Paris (awp/afp) – World food prices continue to fall for the fifth consecutive month, with vegetable oils even falling below their level of a year ago in August 2021, the…
Global food prices fall in July, FAO says
World food prices fell sharply in July, driven down by cereal and vegetable oil prices, according to the FAO (AFP/Archives/Vincenzo PINTO) World food prices fell sharply in July, driven down…
Global food prices fell in July, FAO says
They are pulled down by the prices of cereals and vegetable oils, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Friday. World food prices fell sharply in July,…
Food prices fell again in July, FAO says
LONDON (Reuters) – The benchmark global food price index calculated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) fell again in July, moving away from record highs set in…
World ‘moving away from its goals’ of eradicating hunger by 2030, says FAO
The UN’s goal of eradicating hunger by 2030 is getting further and further away, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday July 6, drawing…
Tens of millions of people at risk of starvation worldwide (FAO)
Published on 06/10/2022 at 4:01 p.m. GENEVA, June 10 (Reuters) – A decline in exports of wheat and other staple foods from Russia…