Biden nominates Cindy McCain UN food agency ambassador
Politico reports that President Joe Biden named four ambassador nominees on Wednesday, including Cindy McCain, the wife of the late ...
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“Better eco data needed for improved food labelling,” UK taskforce
Widespread reforms to UK agriculture and its environmental impact have been recommended in a new government report, including enhanced data ...
Displacement of Indigenous Peoples by food system must end
A new UN report by Indigenous Peoples outlines how indigenous knowledge can support the first Food Systems Summit, to be ...
UN: Food costs rise at fastest pace in over a decade
The BBC says the UN uses a broad index of global food costs, which have climbed for 12 months in ...
Are insects safe to eat? FAO explains
As business and consumer interest in edible insects gathers pace, the Food and Agriculture Organization calls for more food safety ...
Guterres: Food Systems Summit must address record acute hunger
Acute hunger is at a five-year high, affecting at least 155 million people in 55 countries - 20 million more ...
Acknowledge big farms, to hold them accountable
One per cent of the world’s largest farms operate over 70 per cent of global farmland, and nearly 40 per ...
Food Systems Summit: “Are foxes being invited into the hen house?”
The upcoming, first ever UN Food Systems Summit is a “huge time-sink” that will promote corporate interests rather than solving ...
Cindy McCain tipped for UN food agencies post
Italian Insider reports that the widow of US Senator John McCain is under consideration for appointment by the Biden administration ...
United Nations launches appeal for Lebanon
Food security is a key priority in the new US$565 million appeal launched by the United Nations and humanitarian partners ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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