Animal diseases cross borders with ease. In Moroto, at the Kenyan/Ugandan border Pastoralists can only rely on services offered at end points in either Ugandaor Kenya, Like in Moroto where local organizations maintain routine checkups. FAO
Addressing the International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition in Rome today, Eva Ursula Muller, Director, of Forestry, Economics, Policy and Products Division of FAO talked about insects as a new nutritious and protein-rich food. She said that "insects are now being a novelty in Europe. Plus they are healthy, they're nutritious and [...]
Population growth, urbanisation and the growing middle class are all contributing to a growing global demand for protein. Insects contain high levels of essential nutrients and vitamins, as well as high protein content comparable to meat products. FAO
Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tones of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched today (22 January) by the UN Environment Program. the Food and Agriculture Organization and partners. CH UNTV [...]
If only a quarter of the food that is now being wasted or lost was to be saved, that alone would be enough to feed the almost one billion people around the world who go hungry daily, a UN food expert said ahead of a new campaign against food waste to be launched in Geneva [...]
The United Nations today reported that food prices fell for the third month in a row in December last year, balancing out sharp increases registered earlier in 2012, which had previously sparked fears of a food crisis. FILE UNICEF / IFAD / ILO / IAEA
Women and girls run the risk of being left behind in scientific and technological fields if countries do not put measures in place to address discrimination and change traditional attitudes, the United Nations said today. FILE
The United Nations today marked World Food Day by highlighting agricultural cooperatives as vital weapon in the war on poverty and hunger. FAO
Nearly 870 million people, or one in eight in the world, suffered from chronic undernourishment in 2010-2012, according to a new UN hunger report released today (9 October) in Rome. FAO
Governments must urgently act to reduce the health and environmental hazards posed by the increase in use of chemicals in industries worldwide, says a United Nations report launched today. CH UNTV / FILE