FAO Food & Agriculture Organization [to 16 April 2016]
http://www.fao.org/news/archive/news-by-date/2016/en/
15-04-2016

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Google and FAO aim to usher in new era of environmental literacy for all
FAO and Google are working together to make high-resolution satellite data an everyday tool in managing the world’s natural resources in a joint effort to boost “environmental literacy”. The recently-established partnership already allows resource managers and researchers in many countries to gauge changing land uses of individual field-sized plots seen by eye-in-the-sky satellites.
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FAO and partners ramp up efforts to track and prevent spread of damaging wheat rusts
The ongoing spread of wheat rusts, a group of fungal plant diseases that stymy the production of the staple grain and other crops, is raising concern in Central Asia and the Middle East and sparking closer international collaboration to study, detect and prevent the threat from advancing further.
14-04-2016
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Desert Locust outbreak in Yemen leaves surrounding countries potentially at risk
Groups of juvenile wingless hoppers and adults as well as hopper bands and at least one swarm formed on the southern coast of Yemen in March where heavy rains associated with tropical cyclones Chapala and Megh fell in November 2015.
12-04-2016
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8-04-2016
FAO Regional Conference boosts Africa Solidarity Trust Fund
Results achieved through Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF) financed projects are adding continent.
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Robust outlook for global cereal supplies in 2016
FAO’s first forecast for the new season put world cereal production at 2 521 million tonnes in 2016, just 0.2 percent off last year’s large output. The FAO Food Price Index for March rose by 1.0 percent compared to February, as soaring sugar prices and continued increase in palm oil quotations more than offset plunging dairy product prices.
7-04-2016
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Africa makes great strides towards Zero Hunger, despite hurdles
Africa has made great strides in tackling hunger — achieving a 30 percent drop in the proportion of its people facing hunger over the 1990-2015 period — but climate change, conflict and social inequality continue to present major challenges in the continent’s quest for a future free from hunger and want, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today.
7-04-2016
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Food gap widens in conflict-stricken South Sudan – UN assessment
Cereal prices have shot up nearly five-fold since early last year, making it increasingly difficult for people to get enough to eat, according to a new joint Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
5-04-2016
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Plants vital to human diets but face growing risks from pests and diseases
The annual meeting of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), brings together senior plant health specialists from 182 contracting parties as well as a number of other international organizations and the private sector.
4-04-2016
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Transforming Africa’s food systems for inclusive growth and shared prosperity
“Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity” is the theme of the 29th FAO Regional Conference for Africa, taking place this week in Côte d’Ivoire’s capital.
4-04-2016