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The FAO's call came as countries around the world continued to take unilateral measures to protect local food markets.

"FAO will scale up its support on a number of low-income food deficit countries, especially those facing prolonged crisis, " he said.

FAO reminded consumers that avian influenza is not a food-borne disease and that the bird flu virus is killed by the heat of normal cooking.

Domestic organic certification through the FAO, only one of the two tea brands, Greater China is the only designated procurement varieties.

FAO senior economist Abdul ceremony Sae Ba Xian, said: "the high oil prices and food prices continued to form a vicious cycle. "

"This was one of the main gaps identified in our present scientific knowledge, " said Joseph Domenech, FAO's chief veterinary officer.

FAO is now working on a much more comprehensive analysis of emissions from food production, he said.

The Libyan representative accused the FAO of serving political interests and said there was no scientific basis for the listing.

Again, this loss does not show up in the FAO's figures, and the resulting emissions are considered to be natural, not man-made.

Abdolreza Abbassian, senior grains economist at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome, said the USDA report was "alarming" .

FAO's grains economist Abdolreza Abbassian told Reuters "the worst seems to be behind us. "

"Hunger is a cause of poverty, not just a consequence of it, " says FAO economist Kostas Stamoulis.

Abdolreza Abbassian, senior grains economist at the FAO, said: "The situation is getting increasingly worrying. "

My first impression of Hunan was actually that of my Foreign Affairs Officer (FAO), David.

To give people worldwide a chance to express moral outrage at the extent of hunger, the FAO launched a year-long online petition drive.

The Swiss Government will continue to support FAO's efforts and cooperate within appropriate international fora, she said.

An insect-based diet could provide just as much protein as meat (plus key vitamins and minerals) with far fewer emissions, the FAO says.

Second, FAO's efforts fit into a larger plan of action that members of the United Nations have adopted for dealing with global warming.

The FAO said the cost of almost all major commodities, like grains and oils, rose last month, while the cost of meats remained unchanged.

To provide better services to its Member Nations, FAO has established offices all over the world.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Food &Agriculture Organization spelled that out in a June report.

These trends have had important implications for the types of products that are being developed and commercialized, notes FAO.

On the FAO's figures, Brazil has as much spare farmland as the next two countries together (Russia and America).

FAO's call for funding is part of a larger, UN-wide appeal for funds to help Haiti recover from the recent series of storms.

FAO has predicted that the H5N1 strain might find its way into the Middle East, North Africa and East and West Africa, she said.

In April the FAO's food index registered its first drop in 15 months and officials said prices appeared to be "reaching a peak" .

Scenes like this hypothetical one are played out daily in ports across the globe -- but not nearly as frequently as FAO would like.

The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) has worked out that up to 30% of food is lost in storage.

Capacity building in updated meat inspection has also been a key feature of FAO support to member countries.

The FAO also called for a poultry vaccination campaign involving thousands of veterinarians and international donor support.

FAO called for a science-based evaluation that would objectively determine the benefits and risks of each individual GMO.

FAO is working with local authorities and other organizations to try to get a more comprehensive picture of the damage to forests.

China also contributed 30 million USD to the FAO to establish the trust fund. China was among the first of these countries to do so.

The FAO has been working on this, that the small farmer should not be abandoned, should be supported by governments.

FAO spreads its limited resources among the greatest number of vulnerable people.

The FAO believes one of the solutions to reverse the current food shortages is to boost small family run farms and self sufficiency.

By 2050, the FAO thinks, the contribution of cereals will have dropped to 46% and that of meat, dairy and fats will have risen to 29%.

From the onset of the crisis, FAO has been a key player in coordinating emergency activities.

FAO provides the world with a clear, complete picture of the state of the world's forests, fisheries, agriculture and hunger.

One of the main elements assisting FAO to fulfill its role in providing information in this area is its FAO Biotechnology website.

There was an FAO conference last October that was completely devoted to this.

In April, FAO carried out a preliminary study of the types and quantity of wood needed for reconstruction in Aceh.

FAO economist Kostas Stamoulis used Eritrea as an example, a country he said imports 100 percent of its petroleum.

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the campaign to control the locusts is now entering a critical phase.

The U. N. 's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report this week that food prices reached an all-time high in January.

The result was the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), established in 1945 as an agency of the newly chartered United Nations.

FAO believes it is possible to contain the virus in domestic poultry, the agency official said.

and amend, as required, its own Rules of Procedure, which shall not be inconsistent with this Convention or with the Constitution of FAO.

The FAO-OIE mission visited several collective farms as well as the national veterinary laboratory and various animal health field stations.

The FAO eventually responded, saying that it would revisit the calculations used in its 2006 report.

If you volunteer to work for FAO, you receive no salary and no assistance with your travel or living expenses.

FAO Director General Jacques Diouf had said at the start of the conference that the time had come for action.

But FAO's emergency project has funds for shoring up the bridge foundations and upgrading the track that runs from the main road.

FAO provides volunteers with documentation certifying that they are volunteering with FAO, which can be used to obtain a visa, if necessary.

Therefore, the study of the FAO food price changes means of production and grain yield of positive significance.

FAO is working closely with governments, UN country teams and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The FAO expects India to import more wheat and China to increase imports of coarse grains to supply feed to its livestock industry.

Guo Fusheng, a technical advisor with the FAO, confirmed that the organization had not yet asked China for tissue samples.

Leaders and high-level officials from around the world will meet at the Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters.

The reason, explains Mr Jacques Diouf, is that it is not FAO's role to say which parts of the world are affected by famine.

For a knowledge network like FAO, with offices all around the world, the Internet has become indispensable.

Is FAO responsible for the national incentives, the subsidies and the tariff protection, used to develop the sector?

Since the 1996 World Food Summit, FAO has worked with governments and communities worldwide to gain recognition for this basic human right.

And in fact, the Internet has become FAO's main tool for gathering and sharing information with its members and with the world.

FAO was naturally associated with the exercise and is participating actively, not least through eight ongoing pilot field projects.

FAO wasn't established to tell the governments of these nations what to do.

But the U. N. 's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is asking consumers to consider another option: eating insects.

But for prices to fall, the FAO warned that favourable weather and a relaxation of export restrictions were needed.

Project requests for financing by the FAO Trust Fund should be demand-driven and emanate specifically from beneficiary countries.

FAO works with all the governments to help them meet the Code's standards.

The FAO estimates that destitute North Korea needs about 5. 1 million tonnes of grain a year for food, animal feed and seed.

FAO collects, analyses, interprets and disseminates information relating to nutrition, food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

FAO is one of these organizations.

The United Nations is calling for an international meeting to be held at its Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) June 3-5.

The U. N. food agency announced the meeting will take place on September 24 at FAO headquarters in Rome.

The practice of slaughtering and eating infected birds, whether diseased or already dead, must be stopped, FAO and WHO warn.

The FAO's food summit in Rome is the first global response to a 71 per cent increase in food prices during the past two years.

The index is now at its highest level since the FAO started measuring food prices in 1990.

Many civil society organizations attend FAO committees, commissions, technical meetings and regional conferences.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has cautioned against a wholesale adoption of factory-style systems.

There is little chance of any significant increases in catches beyond these levels, FAO says.

This upset her profoundly. "I thought I could escape from the village chief, but when I came here I was caught by Mr Fao, " she said.

It is the responsibility of the FAO and WFP mission members to prepare the CFSAM report which must be viewed as a UN document.

The FAO leads international efforts to fight hunger worldwide, acting as a place where nations meet to negotiate agreements.

One way FAO uses the Internet to help people interact is by setting up electronic conferences.

The MoH and MoA have requested the support of a joint WHO, FAO, OIE mission to support outbreak response efforts.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called a special meeting to discuss the recent rise in global food prices.

Find out more about what FAO is doing to help countries provide safe food for the cities.

Overhead costs shall be fixed in accordance with the rules and regulations established by FAO's Governing Bodies for trust funds.

FAO warns of a regional disaster - targeted vaccination campaigns needed.

The FAO reckons that over the next 40 years irrigation will require cumulative investment of almost $1 trillion.

Since the late 1990s Input Trade Fairs have become a preferred FAO method to stimulate local food production.

The FAO expects about a two percent increase in rice production in 2011 but a slight decline in wheat production.

The information was collected initially through a search of FAO field project documents.

Building on experience of Mozambique, FAO is preparing normative materials on resource tenure, targeting Lusophone countries.

But before we tell you how FAO is responding to the AIDS crisis, you need to know a little about the disease.

The FAO headquarters in Rome published the document, "State of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture. "

With support from donors like Belgium and other partners (see list at right), FAO is helping them bring the land under production again.

According to FAO, highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza is now endemic in poultry in many parts of Indonesia.

This factsheet was prepared by FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division in collaboration with the International Potato Center .

"It is good news, " said the report's co-ordinator Mette Loyche Wilkie, a senior forestry office with FAO.

But the FAO also points out that crocodile attacks are less likely in places that have not been overfished.

Now back to your question: "Why is FAO, a food and agricultural organization, concerned about AIDS? "

The trade-weighted FAO index monitors the monthly change in a basket of 55 commodities, including meat, dairy, cereals, oils and sugar.

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Protecting animal health is just one of the ways FAO helps poor farmers.

The warning by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation adds to fears about rising inflation in emerging countries from China to India.

FAO official Rene Czudek says the main aim is to provide low-cost methods to deal with wild animals without harming them.

FAO has also established an emergency crisis management center (CMC) that supports countries in responding to animal disease outbreaks.

World Food Day was proclaimed in 1979 by the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in Rome.

FAO works with its Member Nations to protect all the world's genetic resources.

The FAO and OIE have for some time had a largely unfunded global strategy for fighting avian flu.

But gathering and sharing raw data is only one part of FAO's work.

The last time the FAO food index posted a monthly drop was in January 2007, but that proved a blip.

When you step into FAO Schwarz , you step into a wonderland of toys.

The FAO-China trust fund will have a strong focus on Africa, but will not exclude other regions.

Commissioned by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), it distinguishes between food loss and food waste.

The information summarizes the Department's assessment of activities and trends in fisheries and aquaculture for each FAO Member Nation.

The famed toy store FAO Schwarz stayed open for last-minute buyers or those looking for a gift upgrade.

The move makes Portuguese the fourth working language for the FAO African Regional Conferences, along with English, French and Arabic.

The move makes Portuguese the fourth working language for the FAO African Regional Conferences, along with English, French and Arabic.

In emergency response and rehabilitation efforts, FAO's expertise in farming, livestock, fisheries and forestry is crucial.

The national forest monitoring and assessment (NFMA) programme of FAO has been active since 2000 in a growing number of countries.

FAO possesses substantial veterinary expertise and fast and simple procedures to deploy staff, vaccines and equipment.

These regional conferences make recommendations concerning priorities for FAO action in their region of the world.

the encouragement of FAO Member Nations to utilize information as a key resource for development.

FAO has also established an emergency management centre that supports countries in responding to animal disease outbreaks.

Each project will be covered by a plan of operation or project agreement to be signed both by the government and by FAO.

The Rome-based FAO has called a World Food Summit in November to discuss "the total eradication of hunger from the world by 2025" .

Separately, the FAO warned that rising oil prices could "further exacerbate an already precarious situation in food markets" .

The FAO report says the conference should agree on plans to boost local food production and increase investments to stimulate production.

To view the Web site, click on the 'FAO Decentralized Offices' menu on the left side of the page and then on the 'Regional Offices' tag.

Fishery Country Profile - FAO's Fisheries Department prepares and publishes Fishery Country Profiles (FCP).

This factsheet was prepared by the Global Crop Diversity Trust and FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division .

FAO's report also argues that greater coherence among agriculture, food security and climate change policy-making is urgently needed.

A Central Unit will be designated at FAO headquarters to ensure the coordination and integration of the elements in the project cycle.

An enhanced network for collaboration for FAO's future support to member countries in adapting agricultural water management.

The FAO blames the situation on unpredictable rains, the return of thousands of refugees, and conflict.

Accordingly, FAO is increasingly focusing its attention on how climate change will affect fisheries and aquaculture.

As a neutral forum, FAO provides the setting where rich and poor nations can come together to build common understanding.

In cases where projects are subcontracted to national institutions, FAO offers technical supervision.

The achievement of the World Food Summit goal of halving the number of hungry people is even more remote, FAO said.

The oil factor But the FAO attributed the fall in food costs to a brief, sharp drop in the price of crude oil.

In advance of the event FAO conducted a survey of IUU fishing and existing port state controls in the Pacific Islands region.

The EPFL is proud of joining FAO at the forefront of the fight against hunger and malnutrition worldwide.

The Livestock, Environment and Development Initiative (LEAD) is a multi-donor project based at FAO headquarters in Rome.

The UN FAO compiles such inventories for countries around the world but these are slow to produce and can be spotty and inconsistent.

earlier this month , the fao urged affected nations not to restock poultry farms too quickly to prevent the disease from flaring up again.

It is therefore not correct to say that, "FAO in turn announced that it needed US$1. 7 billion" .

Both the new codes were prepared in cooperation with the World Organization for Animal Health, the OIE, as well as FAO and WHO.

Whenever the need arises, FAO acts as an "honest broker" by providing a forum for discussion.

As part of the FRA 2010, FAO, its member countries and partner organizations will undertake a global remote sensing survey of forests.

Over 7m hectares a year are currently being planted or allowed to regrow, according to the FAO, mostly in China and America.

"The situation is not rosy, but there is no reason for panic-buying, " says Abdolreza Abbassian at the FAO.

FAO also maintains a database on forestry education institutions and one on forestry short courses, both accessible on the Web.

FAO supports country efforts to close the knowledge gap through field inventories and forest monitoring systems.

On behalf of WHO and our co-hosts of this meeting: FAO, OIE, and the World Bank, I thank you for coming.

The FAO also is predicting a recovery for rice harvests in Africa. It expects increased production from Mali, Nigeria and Senegal.

The FAO also helps countries improve their agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all.

FAO official Samuel Jutzi stresses that H5N1 could turn into a virulent human strain at any time.

FAO will organize joint project reviews, involving all parties concerned, and particularly the donors.

In separate reports earlier, the FAO has warned governments to avoid short-term measures to combat inflation.

Responsibility for implementation and supervision will be assigned in accordance with FAO procedures.

WHO has stepped up its collaboration with FAO and OIE along the lines of the "One Health" approach.

All of these steps make up what FAO calls the food supply and distribution chain.

FAO is a partner in many post-emergency situations around the world.

The right way, argues Alexander Mueller of the FAO, is for farmers in poor countries to boost their yields.

In certain cases, the FAO team may also include additional experts in such areas as nutrition, trade and marketing, public health.

Recent assessments from the FAO show increasing international action on prevention and detection.

Costs are shared between donor and recipient countries, funding institutions or third donor countries and FAO.

We also send questionnaires to various partners (FAO offices, government agencies, NGOs, etc. ).

FAO also promotes home gardens as a means to improve household and maternal nutrition.

The China-FAO collaboration is part of the South-South Cooperation Initiative that the FAO launched in 1996.

FAO continues to work closely with the governments in the region in improving disease control.

FAO provides the technical know-how and in a few cases is a limited source of funds.

FAO programmes assist poor households and communities to secure access to nutritionally adequate diets and reduce child undernutrition.

FAO does not regret its excellent cooperation with those countries.

But six of 34 African countries which reported their policy responses to the FAO said they were proposing price controls.

Furthermore, this site provides links to other related databases that are not members of the family, both in FAO and outside.

A child dies of a hunger-related malady every six seconds, the FAO said.

Institutions help each other mutually in supporting networks, and FAO supports activities directed at capacity building.

A million times a month, someone visits the FAO Internet site to consult a technical document or read about our work with farmers.

The FAO alert warns that "the ongoing drought is potentially a serious problem" , for China, the world's largest producer of wheat.

For this reason, a controversial new approach to famine relief is gaining currency within the FAO: feed animals instead of people.

As to the statement that, "Feeding the poor is charity" : Does FAO distribute food?

Luca Alinovi of FAO explains how the refugee crisis in Kenya is closely linked to the livestock in Somalia.

Only two months ago, the FAO estimated the poor countries' cereal imports bill would rise by 25 per cent.

Daniel Renault, senior officer in FAO's Land and Water Division, talks about the impact of the tsunami on agriculture.

Uncle Wu left her at a Chinese takeaway run by Mr Fao, a married father of two.

This Friday, officials from FAO member countries will meet in Rome to discuss current supply and demand for grains and rice.

FAO's expertise makes our efforts to help Turkey combat FMD stronger and more effective.

Speech "If I Were the Director of FAO"

One serious bottleneck, says FAO, is the lack of investment capital for producers in the developing world.

FAO staff certainly aren't the only ones working to reduce hunger in the world.

He then introduced the five newly appointed FAO Ambassadors, who have signed on to FAO's appeal to end world hunger .

With over two million visits per month, the Web site gives access to the accumulated knowledge and expertise of FAO.

An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 191 member nations, one associate member and one member organization, the European Union.

For links to biotechnology- related websites from FAO and from various Secretariats hosted by FAO , see News .

FAO has also provided seeds and fertilizers and started to deliver several hundred hand tractors in Indonesia.

FAO also promotes nutrition awareness among women and girls in rural areas and nutrition education in schools.

Responsibility for the preparation of project agreements in final form shall rest with FAO.

Friday, I attended a very nice reception hosted by the Guangdong FAO, at which I was asked to make my first Chinese calligraphy ever.

Global cereal supplies are also expected to tighten sharply this year due low stock levels, the FAO said.

Throughout the year, FAO will host or participate in many International Year of Forests 2011 events.

IPC in collaboration with FAO has recently published the "Pepper Production Guide for Asia and the Pacific" in CD and print format.

An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 188 member countries plus one member organization, the European Community.

The FAO has even suggested the shift may amount to "a change of paradigm" in farming.

An FAO project is introducing new technologies that are helping untangle this Gordian Knot.

On balance, concludes the FAO's Parviz Koohafkan, land is not a decisive problem for world agriculture.

The FAO says while stockpiling emergency supplies is understandable, hoarding staples and banning exports only made the situation worse.

The FAO says while stockpiling emergency supplies is understandable, hoarding staples and banning exports only made the situation worse.

The FAO will release its full report, 'The State of Food Insecurity in the World, ' in October.

The recipient countries will be jointly selected from a list of potential beneficiaries provided by FAO.

The Rome-based FAO says the desert locusts are now moving into southwest Libya, southern Algeria and the borders of Morocco.

Here's a list of some of the UN organizations that FAO works with on a regular basis.

Yet forests continue to be lost at "an alarming rate" in some countries, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The report came from the Organization for Economic Corporation (Cooperation) and Development and the FAO.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the caterpillars are invading houses in some areas.

"Prices are dangerously close to the levels of 2007-08, " said Abdolreza Abbassian, an economist at the FAO.

Dr Diouf is FAO's seventh Director-General since the Organization was founded in Quebec City, Canada on October 16, 1945.

Dr Diouf is FAO's seventh Director-General since the Organization was founded in Quebec City, Canada on October 16, 1945.

Authorities in the two countries have undertaken control measures as recommended by OIE and FAO.

FAO data show that in 2002 cereal products in the Chinese diet less than 25%, but up to 40% in India.

National Forest Programme Facility in the framework of FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment.

Six months on John Weatherson, FAO Emergency Coordinator in Swaziland, says that it worked extremely well.

This factsheet was prepared by Sylvana Prokop for FAO's Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division.

The FAO predicts that world market prices for rice, wheat, barley, sugar and meat will stay high or continue rising.

The content is coordinated by the Technical Cooperation Department of FAO.

This factsheet was prepared by Regina Laub and Giulia Muir of FAO's Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division.

Based on this evaluation FAO and WHO recommend that efforts to reduce acrylamide levels in foodstuffs should continue.

According to the FAO, the retail cost of wheat and rice in Asia declined slightly last month, the first drop in nine months.

But that is only 0. 1% of the total area planted to wheat in the countries on the FAO's danger list.

World Food Day activities will include the main ceremony at FAO headquarters.

India and Vietnam have also mounted significant forest-planting programmes, the FAO notes.

FAO carries out significant work on the links between food security and bioenergy development.

The FAO said that increase in food production could reduce the number of undernourished people by as much as 17 percent.

This ongoing activity was facilitated by FAO's International Poplar Commission (IPC).

One way FAO is protecting soil biodiversity is by promoting conservation agriculture.

World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's Twentieth General Conference in November 1979.

The FAO report says about thirty-two percent of world supplies are overfished, depleted or recovering.

As FAO is primarily a knowledge based organization, investing in human resources is a top priority.

So the FAO-EU project swiftly mobilized to help.

blueberries have a high medicinal value and health effects, the international FAO as one of five health foods of mankind.

In the past decade, the FAO records, around 13m hectares of the world's forests, an area the size of England, have been lost each year.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of undernourishment, FAO's measure of hunger, has been decreasing very slowly.

FAO also aims to strengthen veterinary services through training and the provision of equipment.

FAO's job is to make sure its members have easy access to the information they need.

Alinovi says the FAO has received up to 70 percent support in pledges for its $70 million appeal.

FAO is active in all the oceans and seas of the world which are full of all kinds of living things that are used for food.

But Rome isn't the only place where FAO has offices.