FAO Food & Agriculture Organization [to 3 January 2014]

FAO Food & Agriculture Organization [to 3 January 2014]
http://www.fao.org/news/archive/news-by-date/2014/en/

Growing concern for South Sudan’s herders as conflict displaces millions of cattle
Unusual herding and migration routes stir tensions and pose risk of spreading diseases
31-12-2014

Brazil offers an extra US $ 17 million to FAO projects as new government takes helm
Brazil has added US $ 17 million in funding to projects undertaken in its ongoing partnership with FAO, highlighting the Latin American country’s role as a key regional and global contributor to the fight against hunger.
31-12-2014

2014 in review
Food security and questions of how to feed a growing world remained high on the agenda in 2014. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the top FAO stories of the last twelve months.
29-12-2014

FAO and partners call for a global response to deadly banana disease
FAO and international experts say that a global effort is needed to prevent the rapid spread of the deadly Fusarium wilt disease in bananas, which poses a severe threat to economic welfare and food security in developing countries.
23-12-2014