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The World Food Program’s (WFP) food stocks in Afghanistan could run out by the end of September without additional funding, a top U.N. official warned Wednesday, saying that one out three people are hungry in the country. “We will not be able to provide those essential food items because we’ll …

Sugar, wheat and palm oil push up FAO Food Price Index… 02 September 2021, Rome – Global food commodity prices rebounded rapidly in August after two consecutive months of decline, led by strong gains in the international price quotations for sugar, wheat and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of …

Sri Lanka Tuesday declared a state of emergency over food shortages as private banks ran out of foreign exchange to finance imports. With the country suffering a hard-hitting economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he ordered emergency regulations to counter the hoarding of sugar, rice and other essential foods. Rajapaksa …

Global warming threatens Caspian Sea, warn Kazakh environmentalist… Meiramgul Kussainova… NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan  Kazakh environmentalist Orınbasar Togcanov told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that in the southeastern region of Mangystau in Kazakhstan the volume of rain has steadily decreased in recent years resulting in dried up wheat fields and dead livestock …

Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) Deputy Chairman Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, in his written statement, said that they will provide all kinds of support as the Association for the further development of Rainbow Trout-Black Sea Salmon farming in the Eastern Black Sea Region. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Gürdoğan also stated that …

They produce cheese and yoghurt from ‘cow-free milk’! In these days everyone knows about plant-based milk alternatives such as oat and soy milk. But now, a food technology company is aiming to take alternative dairy products to another level. California-based company Perfect Day uses molds to produce dairy protein that’s …

Ottoman sultan Abdülmecid I went out of his way to help the Irish people during the Great Famine of 1845-1852. They returned the favor in the Crimean War. Sultan Abdülmecid 1 The Great Famine in the mid-19th century was one of the most devastating events in Irish history. Between 1845 …

Highlighting progress in implementing the (South African) Beneficiary Selection and Land Allocation Policy (BSLAP), Gloria Mosito from Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development said for the past financial year 2020/2021, the department in aligning itself to the Gender Response Planning Guidelines and the BSLAP, targeted to allocate 11, 987 hectares …

The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food system… In the corner of an Ohio field, a laser-armed robot inches through a sea of onions, zapping weeds as it goes.This field doesn’t belong to a dystopian future but …