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From locusts to fires: UN warns of growing threats to food systems, livelihoods in agriculture

Since 2000, disasters have taken a drastic leap in frequency and have continued to occur at a consistently high rate.

World Food Day 2020: On 75th anniversary, FAO stresses need for access to nutritious food for all amid COVID-19 crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has deeply affected the food and agriculture arena, prompting the theme this year for World Food Day to be 'grow, nourish, sustain, together'

Locust menace: FAO asks India to remain on high alert for next four weeks, insects likely to return to Rajasthan

The FAO said that spring-bred locust swarms that migrated to Indo-Pakistan border and travelled east to northern states, are expected to return to Rajasthan.

Lockdown impact: With no access to livelihood, small scale fisheries sector needs urgent relief measures from govt

The semi-organised to unorganised fisheries sector, particularly the small scale fishers are worst-hit in any national or global crisis.

From improving yield to generating steady income, technology is changing the game for small farmers in UP and Jharkhand

In India, 80 percent of farmers are smallholders who farm on less than two hectares of land and the use of technology to increase the yield is beyond their means

Aiming for a green revolution, UN FAO calls to adopt climate-sensitive innovation, tech

The UN body announced that healthy diets resilient to climate shocks & supportive of biodiversity is a dire need.

Farmers are like entrepreneurs, need access to markets and credit to offset external risks

Ambitious agricultural credit targets set by the government have been consistently exceeded;

Preparing meat-based food without animal slaughter may be next big breakthrough to avoid cruelty, environmental degradation

Cultured meat will change all that, freeing up grain and making it cheaper, making water available, making land available for the poorest.

India to launch agriculture project worth $33.5 million with UN's FAO in five states; initiative aimed at promoting conservation

The government along with United Nations body FAO has launched an agriculture project with $33.5 million grant from Global Environment Facility (GEF) that seeks to bring transformative change in the farm sector through conservation of biodiversity and forest landscapes.

UN holds emergency meet to tackle African swine fever outbreak across Asia

China, the world's largest pork producer and consumer, reported its first case in August.