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FAO: Coronavirus hits food security in Asia, as millions go hungry

The UN agency says access to food worsened in 2020 and deteriorated further this year as governments struggled to keep outbreaks at bay by restricting travel and other activities

World food prices climb in November, stay at 10-year peak: FAO

Agricultural commodity prices have risen steeply in the past year, driven by harvest setbacks and strong demand

World food prices hit new 10-year high in October: FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index averaged 133.2 points last month compared with a revised 129.2 for September

Global food import costs to surge 12% to record this year - FAO

Surging commodity prices and robust demand during the Covid-19 crisis are key factors

World food price index climbs in April, highest since May 2014: FAO

World food prices increased for an 11th consecutive month in April, hitting their highest level since May 2014, with sugar leading a rise in all the main indices, says the United Nations food agency

World food prices rise for seventh month in a row in December: FAO

World food prices rose for the seventh consecutive month in December, led by dairy products and vegetable oils, according to Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.The FAO Food Price Index averaged 107.5 points in December, 2.2 per cent higher than in November. Over the whole of 2020, the benchmark index -- which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities -- averaged 97.9 points, a three-year high and a 3.1 per cent increase from 2019 although still more than 25 per cent below its historical 2011 peak.The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 1.1 per cent from November and for all of 2020 averaged 6.6 per cent above the level of 2019. Export prices for wheat, maize, sorghum and rice all rose in December, moving higher in part due to concerns over growing conditions and crop prospects in North and South America as well as the Russian Federation.On an annual basis, rice export prices were 8.6 per cent higher in 2020 than in 2019, while .

PM to release commemorative Rs 75 coin to mark 75th anniversary of FAO

The Prime Minister will also dedicate to the nation 17 recently developed biofortified varieties of 8 crops

Angola must lift 5.5 million underfed to zero hunger: UN official

UN FAO representative in Angola Gherda Barreto said here on Tuesday that the country must lift the 5.5 million people still underfed to zero hunger to accomplish the 2030 agenda

Three months on, locusts remain a threat as FAO warns of fresh swarms

WMO finds direct correlation between increased locusts attack and climate change

UN agency expects locusts reaching as far as Bihar, but not south India

These movements will cease as swarms begin to breed and become less mobile, it said. "Swarms are less likely to reach south India" and also to Nepal and Bangladesh, the FAO said

Swarms of locusts enter Jaipur, FAO warns of more attacks till early July

Pests engulf 18 districts in state, apart from infesting large parts of UP and MP; Young juveniles will become voracious adults in June just as farmers begin to harvest, warns FAO

Agricultural goods can fetch India additional $97 bn in exports: FAO

Select agri and agri-based commodities like meat, milk and fruits, among others, present export opportunity worth over USD 97 billion (about Rs 6.9 lakh crore) for India, as per data from the Food & Agriculture Organisation. India's export share in agri items such as bananas, oranges, chicken, meat, and milk products like cheese and butter milk is miniscule at present, the data showed. The country's share in the global market for 19 commodities was a miniscule 1.5 per cent, or around USD 1.5 billion (about Rs 10,650 crore), in 2017 against a potential of USD 97 billion, the World Trade Centre said in a statement on Thursday quoting the FAO data released recently. While global market for meat and chicken is a whopping USD 20.6 billion, the country's export share is only 4.04 per cent of this. Similarly, global market for bananas is close to USD 15 billion wherein India's share is a paltry USD 480 million, the statement said. Butter and cow milk provide a USD 8 billion opportunity,

FAO estimates higher cereal output

Could keep global prices under downward pressure, with palm oil production also seen as recovering