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Growing greener cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
08/04/2014
New FAO report highlights urban and peri-urban agriculture in 10 major cities of the region
Deepening crisis in the Central African Republic devastating people’s ability to support themselves
07/04/2014
UN report says immediate support for food and livelihoods needed to meet “acute and complex emergency”
Countries chart a two-year course on food, nutrition and agriculture across Europe and Central Asia
04/04/2014
FAO to ramp up support for family farming, more ‘inclusive’ agri-business, reduced food waste and losses, zero malnutrition in the region
UN Rome-based agencies reveal food security and nutrition targets for post-2015 agenda
04/04/2014
Liberian President and Italian Vice-Minister join high-level meeting of FAO, IFAD, WFP
Agriculture officials condemn unnecessary loss and waste of good food
03/04/2014
Ministerial session at FAO Regional Conference for Europe calls for private and public sector action – and consumer behaviour change
Sharp rise in FAO Food Price Index
03/04/2014
Weather and Black Sea tensions push prices to ten-month highs
Climate change, malnutrition, family farming and agri-food trade on FAO radar
02/04/2014
UN food and agriculture chief: ready to work with European and Central Asian countries facing food insecurity, obesity, high rates of food waste and losses
Cabo Verde Prime Minister calls for sustainable marine resources management, especially in Small Island Developing States
02/04/2014
“As a country with more sea than land, the marine sector is crucial for our future” - Pereira
Europe and Central Asia not without nutrition woes
01/04/2014
Vitamin and mineral deficiencies, stunted growth and obesity figure among the region’s problems
New support to tackle dire food security situation in South Sudan
31/03/2014
United Kingdom gives $13.7 million to FAO's emergency operations to help food producers in conflict-affected country
First six countries to benefit from Africa-led fund
28/03/2014
Africa Solidarity Trust Fund to support ongoing efforts to eradicate hunger, reduce malnutrition and poverty
FAO Conference in Tunis emphasizes need to mobilize resources in Africa
28/03/2014
Focus on 2025 Zero Hunger target for Africa, youth and inclusion
Africa’s youth key to strengthening agricultural economy
27/03/2014
More investment needed to create new opportunities for young people in the sector, FAO Director-General tells Regional Conference
FAO calls for action to accelerate economic transformation and development in Africa
24/03/2014
Focus on smallholder farmers and family farming as Regional Conference for Africa gets under way
FAO launches new satellite-based data on forest resources on the International Day of Forests
21/03/2014
Better information on forest resources is vital to halt deforestation
Irish Minister for Trade and Development visits FAO agriculture recovery projects in the Philippines
20/03/2014
Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello impressed by the resilience of farmers recovering from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
Joint action to avoid food crisis in the Central African Republic
20/03/2014
The World Bank, FAO and the government of the Central African Republic sign $8 million agreement to prevent food insecurity worsening
FAO initiative brings global land cover data under one roof for the first time
17/03/2014
New database most-reliable global view of planetary land cover assembled to-date
Asia-Pacific countries adopt roadmap to push toward goal of zero hunger
14/03/2014
Regional Conference adopts FAO work priorities for Asia and the Pacific to address “magnitude of challenges” in improving food security
Countries in Asia and the Pacific urged to take up the Zero Hunger Challenge
13/03/2014
FAO Director-General calls for “massive effort” to bring a lasting end to hunger in the region