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2020-02-11 11:38
Asia-Pacific region needs better data to assure progress in agricultural systems: FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) urges its member countries for an acceleration in improvements to agricultural data gathering and monitoring to ensure the targets set out by the United Nations to achieve sustainable development are accurately reported in the world’s biggest region – Asia and the Pacific.
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2020-02-08 11:59
FAO Food Price Index rises for the fourth consecutive month
World food prices rose for the fourth consecutive month in January.
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2020-01-27 23:34
FAO, ULRP, IRIMO have conducted a drought vulnerability and impact assessment in the Urmia Lake basin
The initial findings of a drought vulnerability and impact assessment in the Urmia Lake basin conducted to help the implementation of an integrated drought management system in the region have been further re-examined and validated by FAO and Iranian experts at Tehran.
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2019-12-17 19:40
FAO, Iran ink agreement to support sustainable development of marine cage culture
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO) announced a new project that will strengthen national capacity for sustainable management and development of marine cage culture – the farming of fish inside net-cages in the marine environment.
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2019-12-12 14:09
Three million undernourished people in Asia-Pacific need to be lifted out of hunger every single month: FAO
Three million undernourished people in Asia and the Pacific must be lifted out of hunger each month from now on, if the region is to meet the SDG 2 Zero Hunger goal by the end of 2030, says a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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2019-12-11 18:40
FAO, ULRP train Iranian experts on evapotranspiration mapping
As part of the “Integrated Programme for Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Urmia Lake Basin,” the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Urmia Lake Restoration Program (ULRP) held a 4-day workshop for Iranian experts, trained them on advanced methods to map evapotranspiration of agricultural areas using remote sensing satellite data.
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2019-10-29 18:45
FAO warn of climate change impacts on land use, food security in Asia-Pacific
Asia’s vast landmass and growing cities are warming faster than the global average and that will have a disproportional impact on food security and livelihoods for billions of people across the region, FAO and its UN partners warned today.
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2019-10-07 19:59
Iran marks World Food Week 2019
TEHRAN – Iran celebrates World Food Week on October 12 to 18 under a national theme of “Improving the nutrition pattern to maintain healthy and promote health”, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2019-09-08 11:36
World food prices dip in August
Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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2017-02-08 09:32
FAO: Global sugar and cereals prices climb in January
The FAO Food Price Index rose notably in January, led by sugar and cereals, even as global markets remain well supplied.
