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Press release… A group of countries, including Sri Lanka, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Montenegro and the United Kingdom, announced today the “No New Coal Plant Agreement” aimed at halting the construction of new coal-fired power plants ahead of UN Climate Summit COP26. This new initiative calls on countries to commit …

Press release… The third edition of the European Sorghum Congress is confirmed and will be held in Toulouse, France on October 12th and 13th !Thanks to the commitment of the sorghum sector, sorghum production areas are increasing constantly. Sorghum is a diversification crop with multiple advantages for farmers, which offers many processing …

Global cereal production in 2021 is forecast to reach  2 788 million tonnes, up by 0.7 percent from the year before but below July’s expectations, according to FAO’s new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief, also released recently. World wheat output is now expected to contract by 0.7 percent to 769.5 million …

Moscow extended an embargo on foods from the United States and the European Union until December 2022, in response to several countries’ sanctions on Russia, according to a decree by President Vladimir Putin published on Monday. The import ban on dairy products, meat, fruit and vegetables, introduced in August 2014, …

Press release… İzmir Commodity Exchange Chairwoman Işınsu Kestelli and Assembly Speaker Barış Kocagöz made a statement on the subject after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the Paris Agreement would come to the agenda of the Parliament. Kestelli and Kocagöz said that the Paris Agreement, which is one of the …

Agriculture Minister Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli stated that thanks to the awareness created with the “Save Your Food” campaign, households have economised 100 million dollars. Speaking at the session titled “Working together to achieve the zero hunger goal: Successful projects implemented by the Ministries of Agriculture” at the G20 Agriculture Ministers …

Press release… Virtual event… The Subregional conference on food loss and waste reduction is organized by FAO in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkey on 29 September, to mark the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.The event aims to encourage governments in Central Asia, …

Press release… The 35th edition of SPACE, inaugurating its new format, was held from 14 to 16 September, in person, at the Parc-Expo in Rennes, and continued on 17 September in a digital version. After two years without a physical edition due to the health crisis, this edition was a …