Sugar prices hit 13-year high due to El Nino fallout: FAO
Global sugar prices soared to their highest level in almost 13 years in September as the El Nino weather phenomenon…
3 years ago
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40 million more faced acute hunger in 2021: UN
The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises…
4 years ago
Oak trees take root in Iraqi Kurdistan to help climate
by Qassim Khidir Agence France-Presse ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) — Delband Rawanduzi spoke softly to her oak seedlings, as if willing…
5 years ago
Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extremes
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - Fran BLANDY Billions of locusts swarming through East Africa are the result of extreme weather swings…
6 years ago
Around 52 million in Near East, North Africa, suffering chronic undernourishment, new UN food agency report reveals
Hunger continues to rise as conflicts and protracted crises have worsened in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA),…
7 years ago
More than 113 million people suffer ‘acute hunger’: UN
More than 113 million people across 53 countries experienced "acute hunger" last year because of wars and climate disasters, with…
7 years ago
FAO warns food supply threatened by declining biodiversity
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- The UN food agency on Friday warned about the threat to the future of the world's…
7 years ago
Malacañang welcomes delegates of 2016 Asia-Pacific Forestry Week
MANILA, Philippines (PIA) -- Malacañang on Monday welcomed the foreign and local delegates of the 2016 Asia-Pacific Forestry Week which…
10 years ago
Ebola threatens food security in West Africa
(Reuters) -- The world's worst Ebola epidemic has put harvests at risk and sent food prices soaring in West Africa, the…
12 years ago
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