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On Tuesday, Alltech announced the second annual Women in Food and Ag survey. The survey aims to collect feedback that empowers the agri-food industry to create a more equitable environment. The 2019 Women in Food and Ag survey results revealed specific barriers for women in agriculture and a gap between female and male perceptions but reflected an optimistic outlook ...

The top American representative to the United Nations Food Agency's, Kip Tom, says much of this United State's national aid goes to help people in countries in conflict. "Over 65% of the 86 countries we deliver humanitarian aid to is in the midst of a protracted civil conflict Syria Yemen, Somalia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, a crosses the hill of Africa," Tom recently noted ...

A plan by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization seeks to transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition in and around cities in a post-COVID-19 era. The Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan announced this week aims to improve the livelihoods and well-being of populations in at least 100 cities around the world in the next three years, looking to have 1,000 cities j

Major countries involved in the World Trade Organization, including China and the U.S., pledged to keep from imposing restrictions on the free flow of food. Although a few countries have imposed such export restrictions, trade experts fear more food export bans could be on the horizon, which also happened during a global spike in the price of food in 2007 ...

The United Nations has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health to bring worldwide attention to invasive pests. The pests destroy up to 40% of the world's food crops and cause $220 billion in trade losses each year.  The United Nations is calling on stakeholders to work together to protect plants against the introduction and spread of invasive pests.  ...

The United Nations this week has declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health.   "We're trying to make sure that people appreciate how important plants are," said Craig Fedchock  with the UN's Plant Protection Program.  "Withou...

As the international price of wheat firms up, global supply and demand balance is going to tighten in 2018-2019. That forecast comes from the Food Outlook, a biannual report published by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations...

New evidence continues to signal that hunger is rising globally.  A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017; or one in every nine people.   ...

President Trump plans to nominate Indiana farmer Kip Tom as the United States Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture at the Department of State. Tom will be given the rank of Ambassador if nominated and approved by the Senate...

The United Nations food agency says world food prices rose during March, driven by increases in grains and dairy costs.  The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat, and sugar.  The Marc...