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The Monthly Food Price Index averaged 116.0 points in February 2021, 2.4% higher than January, marking the ninth month of consecutive rise. The index by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reached its highest level since July 2014 ...

The January Food Price Index averaged 113.3 points, or 4.3% higher than in December 2020. That marks eight straight months of increases for the index and the highest monthly average since July 2014. The latest increase reflected strong gains in the sugar, cereals and vegetable oils sub-indices, while meat and dairy values were also up but to a lesser extent ...

The monthly World Food Price Index increased in December for the seventh consecutive month. Recorded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the index averaged 107.5 points in December 2020, up 2.3 points from November ...

Earlier this month, the United National celebrated the diamond anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organization. "The FAO Constitution from 1945 is still enduring. At that time we established our commitment to raiding levels of nutrition and standards of people; increasing the efficiency of the production and distribution of food bettering the conditions of rural populations, all the whil

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...