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- Forest data for 236 countries and territories in the period 1990-2020 https://www.fao.org/forest-resources-assessment/2020/en/ 20 comments
- World food prices reach new peak since July 2011 https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/ 147 comments
- Severe drought in the Horn of Africa has pushed people to the brink of starvation by destroying the crops and livestock that ordinarily feed people in the region. https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/food-crisis-tightens-its-grip-on-19-hunger-hotspots-as-famine-looms-in-the-horn-of-africa-new-report/en 2 comments environment
- The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's livelihoods, UN says https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/global-report-on-food-crises-acute-food-insecurity-hits-new-highs/en 16 comments science
- FAO donates medical supplies to China to combat COVID-19 http://www.fao.org/asiapacific/news/detail-events/en/c/1266190/ 2 comments worldnews
- The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture 2019: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN warns about risk of food shortage due to lack of biodiversity http://www.fao.org/state-of-biodiversity-for-food-agriculture/en 7 comments science
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization expects 2018 wheat production worldwide to be the lowest since 2013, due to "dry and hot weather" http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/csdb/en/ 9 comments worldnews
- Help with JSON! http://www.fao.org/data/en/ 8 comments learnprogramming
- FAO Report: Meta-analysis shows climate change negatively impacts food security, some improvement. http://www.fao.org/publications/fofa/en/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=faofsnforum 7 comments science
- FAO Report: Climate change affects negatively agriculture yields and incidence of human diseases. http://www.fao.org/publications/fofa/en/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=faofsnforum 7 comments science
- The future of food and agriculture: Trends and challenges http://www.fao.org/publications/fofa/en/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social+media&utm_campaign=faofsnforum 18 comments science
- UN food agencies call for urgent action to address southern Madagascar’s worsening food insecurity http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/453663/icode/ 6 comments worldnews
- More than 800 million people suffered from hunger during 2011-2013 http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/ 5 comments worldnews
- Report: One-third of all food produced in the world gets wasted at a loss of $750 billion a year: "All of us, must make changes at every link of the human food chain to prevent food wastage from happening" http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/196220/icode/ 3 comments worldnews
- This week: rinderpest becomes 1st animal disease ever to be eradicated http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/79335/icode/ 8 comments worldnews
- 100-150 million people could be freed from hunger if women had better access to land, resources & education http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/52011/icode/ 3 comments worldnews
- West African farmers have succeeded in cutting the use of toxic pesticides, increasing yields and incomes and diversifying farming systems as a result of an international project promoting sustainable farming practices. http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/48883/icode/ 233 comments worldnews
- I just found this clever, old-school, card-based database system used by scientists in the field to help identify plant and tree species (more info/pic of the reverse side in my comment) http://www.fao.org/docrep/x5367e/x5367e04.gif 33 comments programming
- REDDITORS! What's worse for the enviornment? Eating steak for dinner or driving a hummer? http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000448/index.html 24 comments science