Food And Agriculture Organisation

World Milk Day 2021: This year's theme focusses on 'Sustainability in the dairy sector’

Amid the pandemic, World Milk Day 2021 will be celebrated with a theme focusing on sustainability in the dairy sector along with empowering the environment, nutrition, and socio-economic

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.

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.

Crop-munching armyworm, which wrought havoc in Africa, detected in Karnataka; pest threatens millions of farmers in Asia, says UN

A voracious crop-chomping pest which has wrought havoc in Africa could threaten millions of farmers in Asia, UN experts warned recently, as India battles the continent’s first reported infestation of fall armyworm

Why agriculture share in GDP is dropping

Agriculture & Allied sectors which used to contribute 19 percent of GDP in 2004-05 has come down to 14 percent in 2011-12

Bihar tragedy: Speed up withdrawal of hazardous pesticides, says UN body

Days after pesticide-laced lunch killed 23 school children in Bihar, UN body Food and Agriculture Organisation today asked developing countries like India to speed up the withdrawal of hazardous pesticides from their markets