FAO chief: "No sustainable development while there is hunger"

 "There can be no sustainable development in the world while millions of people go hungry," FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said Saturday, referring to the central theme being discussed here by presidents and heads of state of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union, at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States-EU Summit.

Invest in Ghana - High hopes for nation's poultry industry after Nutreco visit

GHANA - An international animal nutrition and feed company, Nutreco, has expressed interest in investing in Ghana’s poultry and aquaculture feed industry.
A delegation from the company is in the country as part of a West African tour to explore business opportunities to expand the frontiers of feed production in Africa, reports DailyGraphic.

Agricultural Investments - Chia: the miracle food which is all it is cracked up to be

 Many people in the UK won't have heard of the chia seed, but if regulators give their backing this US superfood craze could be on the way. Goji berries, kombucha, wheatgrass, acai berries. It seems rarely a year passes without at least one new health-food frenzy.

Call for more responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and poverty

German Agriculture Minister Aigner and FAO head Graziano da Silva urge international community to develop principles for responsible investments

The German Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, and the Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva have called for a significant increase in responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and feed a growing world population.

UN expert urges European Union to include development concerns in agricultural policy

A United Nations independent expert today called on the European Parliament to take into account development concerns when they vote on amendments to the region’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) next week, stressing this is the last chance to ensure this legislation takes into account the human right to food.

New UN programme to improve livelihoods of thousands of farmers in South Sudan

Some 30,000 vulnerable farmers in South Sudan will be able to benefit from a new United Nations programme that aims to improve their livelihoods by boosting the quality of the seeds they use to produce key crops.

FAO Food Price Index down 7 percent in 2012 - Declines for third month running in December

The FAO Food Price Index dropped for the third consecutive month in December 2012, edging down 1.1 percent.

The decline in December, when the Index averaged 209 points, was led by drops in the international prices of major cereals and oils and fats. The Index’s previous low in 2012 was in June, at 200 points.