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Senior United Nations officials plan to meet members of a high-level Russian delegation in Geneva on Friday to discuss the Ukraine grain deal, a U.N. spokesperson said. “They will continue ongoing consultations in support of the efforts by the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the full implementation of the two agreements …

Overcoming the inflationary squeeze on consumers’ pockets, Norway once again achieved its best-ever month for seafood export earnings in October. In total, the Scandinavian country sold NOK 15.4 billion (USD 1.5 billion, EUR 1.5 billion) worth of fisheries and aquaculture products to overseas markets last month, a new record total …

FAO food price index virtually unchanged from September with rising cereal prices offsetting decreases in other staples… Global food price were broadly unchanged in October with rising cereal prices offsetting decreases in other staples, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. The FAO food price index was virtually …

The United Nations, Türkiye and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement the Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’s withdrawal from the pact that has allowed the export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets. Antonio Guterres Russia, …

Where there is water, there is life. A reliable source of clean water is necessary to grow nutritious food and to lead a healthy life. But climate change is wreaking havoc on rainfall patterns and causing surface water to be lost to evaporation. Sometimes there is not enough water, and …

Russia has said it is suspending its participation in the agreement to ensure the continuation of Ukrainian grain exports — vital for food supplies to poor countries — linking the decision to a drone attack on Russian ships in occupied Crimea on Saturday morning. The defence ministry announced the move, and …

The very first Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty by 2030… Today, seven years after the goals were agreed and on the heels of a global pandemic, conflict and economic crises, a world without poverty seems out of reach. The World Bank estimates that, by the end of 2022, 685 million …

Press release… Rome, 25 October 2022. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Central Fisheries Research Institute (SUMAE), is organizing an International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS 2022) from 25 to 27 October …

Charitable food aid is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound of systemic inequality in the UK and US, say signatories including Prof. Olivier de Schutter, a former UN special rapporteur on the right to food… Olivier de Schutter At a time when the UK’s likely break with Europe is widely …