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Food Waste Worsens Greenhouse Gas Emissions: FAO

2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates the direct cost to producers of food that goes to waste is currently $750 billion annually, a figure that excludes wasted fish and seafood. But the FAO says the waste not only causes huge economic losses but is also doing very significant damage to natural resources -- climate, water, land and biodiversity. Without accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from land use change, the carbon footprint of food produced and not eaten is estimated...

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FAO Says Food Waste Harms Climate, Water, Land, and Biodiversity

2013-09-20 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Worldwatch Institute: The world wastes 1.3 billion tons of food annuallya third of all the food thats producedaccording to a report published last week by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This waste not only results in major economic loss, but also causes significant harm to the natural resources that we rely on for food production. It also has moral implications, given that an estimated 870 million people go to bed hungry every night. he report, Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural...

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FAO Food Price Index Continued to Fall

2013-09-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 201.8 points in August 2013, nearly four points (1.9 per cent) below its July value and 11 points (or 5.1 per cent) less than in August 2012.

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FAO: Benefits of School Feeding Programmes Linked to Family Farms

2013-08-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - A study undertaken by FAO in Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay and Peru showcases the contributions that school feeding programmes are making to strengthening children's social protection, food security and nutritional status.

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FAO Food Price Index Falls for Third Consecutive Month

2013-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 173.3 points in July, more or less unchanged from the revised June level.

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