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Tuesday
14/11/2017
| Greener livestock supply chains offer quick wins in climate battle
“Low carbon livestock is possible,” FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on the margins of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Conven .... |
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Tuesday
14/11/2017
| Climate change puts millions of people in vicious cycle of food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty
"Climate change puts millions of people in a vicious cycle of food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. Yet, we must confront the harsh reality: we are not doing enough to deal w .... |
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Monday
13/11/2017
| Papal gift helps hungry families in South Sudan
Hungry families in South Sudan will be able to make ends meet thanks to vegetable-growing kits funded by a donation from Pope Francis. .... |
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Saturday
11/11/2017
| Pacific leaders alarmed over climate change’s negative impact on food systems and food security
Climate change poses an alarming threat to food systems and food security in the Pacific islands, warned leaders of nine small island developing states (SIDS), representatives of .... |
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Friday
10/11/2017
| FAO launches new Climate-Smart Agriculture web platform
FAO launched a new sourcebook for how to implement “climate-smart” approaches to agriculture at the Agriculture Action Day on the sidelines of the COP23 climate summit in Bonn. .... |
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Friday
10/11/2017
| Pope Francis warns real priorities relegated to second place due to nuclear spending
Participants at the Vatican event on atomic disarmament included 11 Nobel Peace Laureates, some of whom are part of FAO's Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance .... |
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Friday
10/11/2017
| Poor diets and ill-equipped food systems are a growing threat to nutrition in Asia-Pacific
According to the findings of FAO's 2017 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition report, there is a pressing need to tackle malnutrition alongside further promotion of the .... |
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Thursday
09/11/2017
| The world’s food import bill is rising despite large production and robust supply
While food commodity prices have been broadly stable, the cost of importing food is set to rise in 2017 to $1.413 trillion, a 6 percent increase from the previous year and the sec .... |
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Thursday
09/11/2017
| Use antibiotics wisely to combat rising drug resistance
In the lead-up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week, FAO, OIE and WHO are together calling for responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals to reduce the emergence of antibi .... |
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Thursday
09/11/2017
| Climate change to top Pacific leaders" agenda at FAO meeting in Rome
The high-level meeting to be chaired by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva will take place ahead of the Pacific leaders' participation at the UN Climate Conference COP23 .... |
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