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十一月 08, 2012
The FAO Food Price Index fell in October
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 213 points in October 2012, down 2 points (1 percent) from September. The decline is largely due to reduced international prices of cereals and oils/fats which more than offset increases in sugar and dairy prices while...
九月 23, 2012
FAO lanza encuesta sobre manejo de los recursos fitogeneticos en fincas
En 2011, la Comisión de Recursos Genéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (la Comisión) destacó la necesidad de prestar mayor atención a aquellos cultivos que son esenciales para la seguridad alimentaria y manejo en las fincas de los recursos fi...
九月 06, 2012
No increase in world food prices in August
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 213 points in August 2012, unchanged from the previous month. Although still high, the Index value is 25 points below the peak (238 points) reached in February 2011 and 18 points less than in August last year. Internat...
八月 10, 2012
FAO Food Price index up on unfavourable weather
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 213 points in July 2012, as much as 12 points (6 percent) up from June, but still well below the peak of 238 points reached in February 2011. The July surge of the Index followed three months of decline. The sha...
四月 11, 2012
The FAO Food Price Index in March nearly unchanged from February
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 216 points in March 2012, virtually unchanged from 215 points in February. Among the various commodity groups, only oils prices showed strength, compensating for falling dairy quotations, while the indices of ce... Sponsored Content
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十一月 17, 2011
FAO says traditional crops key to facing climate change
Traditional food crops and other plant varieties worldwide are in urgent need of protection from climate change and other environmental stresses, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, as it observed the tenth anniversary of the int...
十一月 17, 2011
Los cultivos tradicionales son claves frente al cambio climático
Los cultivos alimentarios tradicionales y otras variedades vegetales de todo el mundo necesitan protección urgente frente al cambio climático y demás presiones medioambientales, según subrayó hoy la FAO, en el décimo aniversario del Tratado Internacion...
七月 13, 2011
Global food prices stay high in June
The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 234 points in June 2011, 1 percent higher than in May and 39 percent higher than in June 2010. The FFPI hit its all time high of 238 points in February. A strong rise in international sugar prices was behind muc...
三月 26, 2009
Pizza-making machine has chefs in a spin
A vending machine that bakes fresh pizza in minutes for a few euros has got Italian chefs in a whirl before it hits the streets in the coming weeks. The bright-red "Let's Pizza"machine uses infra-red rays and technology developed at the Uni...