# FAO

Food commodity markets are becoming more balanced and less price volatile than in recent years thanks to improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals.

Cereal production up by 8 percent over 2012

Άκρως ανησυχητικά τα στοιχεία που ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ο Οργανισμός Τροφίμων και Γεωργίας του ΟΗΕ προειδοποιώντας τους διεθνείς ηγέτες ότι ορισμένες περιοχές δεν θα καταφέρουν να μειώσουν κατά 50%

The UN food agencies will co-finance the $2.6 million initiative focusing on countries where a lack of strong national governance means development projects can face serious challenges in delivering results.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued the following joint statement on the occasion of World Rabies Day.

Greenhouse gas emissions by the livestock sector could be cut by as much as 30 percent through the wider use of existing best practices and technologies.

FAO has issued a new warning to the international community that the H7N9 and H5N1 avian influenza viruses continue to pose serious threats to human and animal health, especially in view of the upcoming flu season.

Early action and more investments are needed to respond to the threats of climate change on the world's forests.

Την ώρα που υπολογίζεται ότι 870 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι μένουν νηστικοί, το εν τρίτο των τροφίμων παγκοσμίως – περίπου 1,3 δισεκατομμύρια τόνοι το χρόνο – σαπίζει.

The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities.

Updated edition of data compendium sheds new light on greenhouse gas emissions from food production