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Cow Burps, Food Waste To Take Spotlight At COP28 Agriculture Day

Climate advocacy groups are pressuring world governments gathered at this year’s United Nation’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to...

World Food Prices Fall Again In June: UN Food Agency

The United Nations food agency's world price index fell in June to its lowest level in more than two years, pushed down by a drop in the cost of...

Global Farms To Double In Size And Halve In Number By 2100, Study Finds

The number of farms across the globe is expected to reduce to half by the end of this century, while the size of the average existing farms double, accordi...

Russians' Spending On Food Doubles Following Ukraine War: FAO

Russian citizens are spending on average 40% of their disposable income on food - about twice as much as they did before the Russia-Ukraine war, UN food ag...

Food Prices Surged To New Record High In March: FAO

World food prices jumped to a new record high in March as the war in Ukraine caused turmoil in markets for staples grains and edible oils, the UN food agen...

World Food Prices Hit Record High In February: FAO

World food prices hit a record high in February, led by a surge in vegetable oils and dairy products, to post a 20.7% increase year-on-year, the UN food ag...

World Food Prices Hit 10-Year High In 2021: FAO

World food prices jumped 28% in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim.

World Food Prices Hit New 10-Year High In October: FAO

For the third straight month, world food prices increased in October to reach a fresh 10-year peak, with The Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) food...