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Palm oil boosts world food prices: FAO

By Niamh Michail

World food prices rose slightly last month driven by higher vegetable oils prices, and palm oil in particular, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Refugees given tools and training in northern Iraq

Refugees given tools and training in northern Iraq

By RJ Whitehead

A Germany-funded project to train refugees in greenhouse cultivation, beekeeping, hen production and food processing has been launched to help thousands of vulnerable Iraqis and Syrians.

The project will help countries quickly detect fraud and contamination with the help of portable tools, such as this X-ray fluorescence detector. Picture: IAEA

IAEA and FAO go mobile to tackle food fraud

By Joseph James Whitworth

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are to look at mobile tools to combat food fraud and contamination.

OIE director general Monique Eloit said the body plans to eliminate the PPR

Goat plague hits Georgia

By Oscar Rousseau

A devastating disease, known colloquially as goat plague, has torn its way through sheep flocks in Georgia sparking international calls to tackle the "lethal" infection.

Food price index rises on back of bad weather: FAO

Food price index rises on back of bad weather: FAO

By Nathan Gray

Major food commodity prices rose in October, spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

The FAO already had warned that Yemen was facing widespread crop failure because of the conflict

Yemen facing food supply catastrophe

By Eliot Beer

Conflict in Yemen has pushed even more people into food insecurity, and growing shortages of food, water and fuel mean the country is facing imminent catastrophe, according to aid agencies.

Food prices are likely to stay under downward pressure due to large supplies and a strong US dollar, the FAO says

FAO: Global food import costs to hit five-year low

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Global food import costs are set to reach their lowest level in five years during 2015, even as volumes remain the same or rise slightly, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Meat prices have remained high for the past three years

Food prices stable – but meat prices at record high

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Meat prices are at an historic high – despite international food markets being more stable than they have been in years, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s latest Food  Outlook report.

Ocean management is ‘crucial’ to food security: FAO

Ocean management is ‘crucial’ to food security: FAO

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Demand for fish and seafood is growing – but better ocean management is needed to ensure global food security, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Iraq violence threatens critical harvest, says FAO

Iraq violence threatens critical harvest, says FAO

By Eliot Beer

The recent conflict in Iraq has pushed the country to the brink of a food supply crisis through risks to harvests and growing refugee numbers, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned.

Sugar is up...but the overall commodities picture is stable, says the FAO

Sugar prices drive FAO food price index rise

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Sugar price increases have led to the first rise in the global food price index since April, but food commodity markets are becoming less volatile, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

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