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Press release… Vladimir Rakhmanin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, represented FAO at the 8th Ministerial Conference on Food Security and Agricultural Development on 25–27 October 2021 in Istanbul. Vladimir Rakhmanin FAO has reiterated its support for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the area …

Press release… More than 100 leaders will commit to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030… Leaders representing over 85% of the world’s forests will commit to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030 at COP26 today£8.75 billion ($12bn) of public funds will be committed …

By Jen Skerritt and Elizabeth Elkin Two of the world’s top fertilizer producers expect the crop-nutrient price surge will continue. Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest crop-nutrient supplier, raised its full year guidance Monday as it forecast strong crop prices will support fertilizer spending. Prices for potash — a key soil …

FAO food price index rises 3% from a month ago with gains in prices of vegetable oils, cereals… Rising for a third consecutive month, world food prices rose to a new all-time high in October, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. The FAO food price index …

From Death Valley to the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent to sub-Saharan Africa, global warming has already made daily life unbearable for millions of people. And if nothing is done to slow climate change, the record temperatures and deadly heatwaves it brings will only get worse, experts warn. Death Valley “Climate (change) …

More than 100 global leaders pledged late on Monday to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, underpinned by $19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protecting and restoring forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was backed …

Keeping 1.5°C within reach requires meaningful and effective actions, leaders say in final communique… Leaders of the world’s 20 richest nations on Sunday reiterated their commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting the global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. According to a communique after the summit …

In my childhood, there was a proverb that my grandfather always told me that I take this as an absolute truth in my life. Living is wonderful and enjoying it is a gift to all of us, but time and again, life gives us a lot of lemons. Many people …