Person: Jose Graziano da Silva

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farming

80% of world’s food produced by family farmers, UN research finds

Despite renewed interest in industrial agriculture by investment banks and sovereign wealth funds, more than 80% of the world’s food is still produced by family farmers, according to new UN research.

farming

UN applauds natural pest controls used by farmers in Mali

comment-analysis

Time to bin our wasteful attitude to food

world

Asia blamed as third of global food is wasted

news

President Higgins to visit Italy next week

Cheat’s Tarts with Various Fillings

UN food agency urges G20 to act on rising prices and huge waste

The world’s top farm producers in the G20 countries must agree coordinated action to ease worries about food prices, the head of the UN’s food agency said yesterday, as he and other experts bemoaned a huge global waste of food and water.

Tue, 28 Aug, 2012

UN: Somalia famine now 'humanitarian emergency'

The United Nations says Somalia's famine is over, but has warned that continued assistance is needed.

Fri, 03 Feb, 2012

‘Food prices may ease in 2012, although risk of hunger remains’

FOOD prices may ease in 2012 due to a slowing global economy, though no drastic drop from high levels is expected, the new director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday.

Wed, 04 Jan, 2012