"AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS"

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Press conference by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on global food security.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In five semi-arid counties of Kenya, FAO is supporting 31,300 smallholder farmers to increase the yield of high-value grain like sorghum and to market their produce as group. FAO

Security Council presidential statement calls for action to avert threats against security, stability In Afghanistan ahead of debate on pressing challenges at 8162nd meeting.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

World Trade Organization (WTO) members concluded their Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi on 19 December by securing an historic agreement –the “Nairobi Package”- on a series of trade initiatives. WTO

Press Conference by Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on her recent trip to Ethiopia.

Liberia -one of the three most affected countries by Ebola- could experience negative GDP growth for the first time since the war ended 11 years ago unless urgent action is taken to stimulate the economy. This West African country was one of the fastest growing economies in the world last year, but recent projections show that the country’s growth could be going backwards in 2015. UNDP