Food And Agriculture Organization

Rice paddies give out twice as much in greenhouse gases than previously thought

Emissions of nitrous oxide from rice farming in India could be 30–45 times above reported levels.

Global food prices decline to four-year low, finds FAO

Verdict: First test-tube beef burger tastes 'close to meat'

The world's first laboratory-grown beef burger was flipped out of a petri dish and into a frying pan on Monday, with food tasters declaring it tasted "close to meat".

Not 1 bn but 870 mn hungry worldwide: UN in 2012 report

The United Nations now says its 2009 headline-grabbing announcement that 1 billion people in the world were hungry was off-target and that the number is actually more like 870 million.