# FAO

Conservation agriculture is an approach that reduces or eliminates soil tillage and pesticide use.

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 206.7 points in December, nearly unchanged from the previous month, with a sharp increase in dairy prices and high meat values balancing

Population growth, agricultural expansion, and the rise of globe-spanning food supply chains have dramatically altered how diseases emerge, jump species boundaries, and spread, according to an FAO report released today.

World cereal production will reach a new high of almost 2 500 million tonnes

Strengthening forest producer organizations should contribute significantly to reducing poverty, improving livelihoods and enhancing economic development of smallholder forest owners and farmers,

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.