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Global trade in food and agricultural products more than doubles in last two decades

Global agri-food trade has more than doubled since 1995, amounting to $1.5 trillion in 2018, with emerging and developing countries' exports on the rise and accounting for over one-third of the world's total, according to a new report issued…

FAO partners with the Adaptation Fund to help vulnerable countries fight the impact of climate change

July 3, Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been accredited as an implementing partner of the Adaptation Fund and will work with the international fund on projects to help vulnerable countries fight the…

La FAO progresa en la lucha contra la langosta del desierto en África oriental y Yemen, pero persiste la amenaza para la seguridad alimentaria

El Director General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), QU Dongyu, afirmó hoy que se han logrado importantes avances en la lucha contra el brote de langosta del desierto en África oriental…

Los precios mundiales de los alimentos bajan en marzo

La debilidad de la demanda y la caída de los precios del petróleo a causade la pandemia lastran los precios internacionales de los principales productos alimentarios Los precios mundiales de los alimentos bajaron fuertemente en marzo, lastrados…

Un plan de choque para garantizar el suministro global de alimentos

El economista jefe de la FAO señala distintas vías para mitigar el impacto mundial del COVID-19 en la agricultura y los sistemas alimentarios. La pandemia de COVID-19 ha generado una profunda crisis a nivel mundial, con medidas sin precedentes…

Locust swarms threaten more countries in eastern Africa – FAO

Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Monday. The swarms, first sighted in December,…

FAO: Against the world spread fall armyworm

The Fall Armyworm (FAW), or Spodoptera frugiperda, is an insect that is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. In the absence of natural control or good management, it can cause significant damage to crop. It prefers maize…

FAO scales up and mobilize $500 million to fight against Fall Armyworm

FAO launched today a three-year Global Action for Fall Armyworm Control to scale up efforts to curb the growing spread of the invasive pest which is causing serious damage to food production and affecting millions of farmers across the world. Fall…

FAO launches 2020 as the UN’s International Year of Plant Health

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday launched the United Nations’ International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) for 2020, which aims to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty,…