WASHINGTON, March 13, 2014 -- The increased production of genetically modified crops around the world has led to a higher number of incidents of low levels of GMOs being detected in traded food and ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. On October 3, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and WFP will commence ...

The FAO wants to improve standards across the world’s genebanks to improve the conservation of crop diversity which in turn means securing resilient global food supplies. The Food and Agriculture ...

Natural and man-made disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop and livestock losses over 30 years, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said on Friday. Floods, droughts, insect infestations, ...

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) has forecasted a stable rainfall pattern in the month of October through to November – ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will host a major conference on plant breeding techniques to meet some of today’s biggest agricultural challenges, such as climate change, diseases and ...

The erratic weather patterns in Kenya has pushed the country to the list of countries likely to face crop failure. In a report released last week, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) called for ...

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has said that area under agriculture crops in Pakistan has stagnated, and no expansion is foreseen due to dwindling water ...

They say information is power; in South Sudan, information is life. Today, FAO launched a $9 million project on information for decision making for food and nutrition security. This initiative will ...

1. OVERVIEW Following reports of a prolonged dry spell that affected the 2000/01 crops, an FAO/WFP Crop and Supply Assessment Mission visited Swaziland from 16 to 28 May 2001, to review harvest ...

PARIS – Natural and man-made disasters have caused $3.8 trillion in crop and livestock losses over 30 years, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Friday. Floods, droughts, insect ...