FAO Food & Agriculture Organization [to 20 June 2015]
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More than $20 million urgently needed to help Nepal’s farmers recover from earthquake
Some $20 million is urgently needed to support farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal resume agricultural activities and stave off the threat of prolonged food insecurity facing an estimated one million people.
19-06-2015

FAO Director-General welcomes Papal Encyclical
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has welcomed the Papal Encyclical Laudato Si on Climate Change and Environment, released by Pope Francis.
18-06-2015

A body of evidence: What climate change implies for global food security and trade
“Climate Change and Food Systems” collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades.
18-06-2015

FAO hunger report shows changing face of food insecurity in Europe, Central Asia
Multiple trends are shaping the nutrition map for Europe and Central Asia, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s first-ever report on food insecurity and malnutrition in Europe and Central Asia, released today. The problems of food insecurity have changed away from that of caloric sufficiency toward the quality of peoples’ diets – a trend that will likely continue in this way.
18-06-2015

Survival kits provide lifeline to displaced in South Sudan
United Nations agencies and Non-governmental Organizations in South Sudan have undertaken an emergency airlift operation to deliver survival kits, containing lifesaving supplies, to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in hard-to-reach areas of Unity State.
16-06-2015

FAO launches digital platform on family farming
Recognizing the contributions of family farmers to food security and poverty eradication worldwide, FAO today launched a new digital platform that aims to become a “one-stop shop” for information, data and legislation on the sector that produces some 80 percent of the world’s food.
16-06-2015

New guide on preventing child labour in agriculture
A new guide by FAO aims to help ensure anti-child labour measures are included in agricultural and rural development programmes, in particular those targeting family farmers.
15-06-2015