Families report skyrocketing food prices, dire conditions in western Mosul – UN agency

Feb 28, 2017, at 01:17 pm

New York, Feb 28 (Just Earth News): The United Nations food relief agency on Monday said it is extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation facing more than 750,000 people living in dire conditions in the western sections of Iraq's Mosul city, where fighting is taking place between the Government forces and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) terrorists.

Adverse weather pushes global food prices up by 3.9 per cent in October: FAO

Nov 06, 2015, at 02:08 pm

New York, Nov 6 (IBNS): Weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies have led to price increase of major food commodities in October, said Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday.

Food prices are staying lower for longer periods: UN agency

Oct 09, 2015, at 02:53 pm

New York, Oct 9 (IBNS): Food prices are staying lower for longer periods, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Thursday, saying lower food prices "seem to be a boon to food security and are indeed just that for households who spend a large share of their income on food purchases."

UN and partners report 'extremely alarming' food insecurity figures in Afghanistan

Sep 11, 2015, at 03:24 pm

New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): The number of people in Afghanistan resorting to selling land or turning to friends or family for help because of food insecurity has doubled in the last year, according to a joint report released on Wednesday by the United Nations and partner agencies.

World food prices hit lowest level in almost seven years: FAO

Sep 11, 2015, at 03:22 pm

New York, Sept 11 (IBNS): The price of major food commodities continued to drop through August due to abundant supplies, a decline in energy prices and concerns over the economic slowdown in China, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Wednesday.