There are more than 833 million hectares of salt-affected soils around the globe. Photo: FAO

FAO Launches Global Map of Salt-Affected Soils

October 21, 2021October 23, 2021 RMN News FAO, Salt, Soil

Over 1.5 billion people worldwide face significant challenges in growing food due to soil degradation. The Food and Agriculture Organization

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed at the food market of UN Food Systems Pre-Summit. Photo: UN

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UN Report: Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems

September 22, 2021September 24, 2021 RMN News Climate Change, Farming, Food, UN

Agriculture is one of the main contributors to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions from different sources. Global support to

Scientists from the Jozef Stefan Institute studied the isotopic and elemental composition of different sets of truffles (Photo: O. Nives/Jozef Stefan Institute, IAEA)

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Food Fraud: How White Truffles Tempt Fraudsters

July 12, 2021July 14, 2021 RMN News Food, Fraud, Fraudsters, White Truffles

Truffles are edible fungi that grow in the soil in symbiosis with the roots of several tree and bush species.

FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu addresses the High-Level Segment of the 31st Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol at FAO headquarters in Rome on November 7, 2019. Photo: FAO

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Global Food Loss in a Year = 1.3 Billion Tonnes

November 11, 2019November 12, 2019 RMN News Climate Change, FAO, Food

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu said Thursday that international cooperation and innovative, climate friendly technologies

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7 Food Groups That Promise to Keep You Healthy

September 18, 2019September 21, 2019 RMN News FAO, Food, Healthy

7 Food Groups That Promise to Keep You Healthy The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations suggests

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New Technologies Needed to Aid Small Farmers: FAO

March 27, 2016March 28, 2016 RMN News Agriculture, FAO, Farmers

The head of the United Nations agricultural agency has called for great use of agroecology, biotechnology and other creative tools