Comment on UN Solution for World Hunger: Eat Bugs Not Burgers by Kent2012
As part of its drive for global so-called “ sustainability ,â€_ the United Nations has a new suggestion for the people of the world: Eat bugs instead of burgers. The controversial recommendations come from a new report by...Read more...
AFRICAN NEWS EXPLAINED: Eating insects to help fight hunger and malnutrition
Reuters The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says eating insects could help fight hunger and malnutrition around the world. In a report released this week, the UN agency points out that insects are nutritious, high in...Read more...
FAO Gets Programming Unit For Cameroon
Cameroon Tribune]The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) now has a programming unit for its intervention in Cameroon for the next five years. The document was endorsed in a workshop in Yaounde on Wednesday May 15 chaired...Read more...
Eat insects to mitigate deforestation and climate change
A new 200-page-report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) urges human society to utilize an often-ignored, protein-rich, and ubiquitous food source: insects. While many in the industrialized west might turn up...Read more...
Scholarships and funding opportunities at Manchester University in United Kingdom Britain
Funding Opportunities for Studies in International Development at the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) Equity and Merit Scholarships for Study by Distance Learning (Jan 2014 start) – Applicants from...Read more...
FAO: The Hunter
Sunderland Message Boards > Pure Football Footballers are in general as thick as mince, Bardsley wears his I.Q. on his back, enough said, on second thoughts it could also be the average score out of ten he is generally worth....Read more...
UN Suggests Eating Insects Can Battle World Starvation
UN Suggests Eating Insects to Resolve Global Starvation (Photo : Flickr / miranda.granche) A new super food group which is very healthy and readily available is being pushed by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization-...Read more...
Tanzania: Eat Insects! Yes, but Beware…
Africvillemagazine - Focus on Africa News Alerts [Daily News]INDIGENOUS knowledge should be put in the forefront in the wake of a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report that advocates for people to...Read more...
UN Grocery List includes bread, milk, grubs, beetles and maggots
Have you ever read about a survival scenario where a kidnapping victim, a forgotten prisoner, or lost hiker was forced to choke down insects in order to survive? Did it sound repulsive? Demeaning? Even sub-human? Well, welcome...Read more...
Insects May Be The Taste Of The Next Generation, Report Says
A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says insects offer a huge potential for improving the world's food security. Peter Menzel, co-author of Man Eating Bugs, describes some insect-based cuisine and the western...Read more...
A misnomer... starting solids
“Starting solids” is a ridiculous expression for teaching a baby to transition from breast milk/formula to table foods. The whole concept is misleading. It makes you think of sitting a baby in a highchair and putting a spoon in...Read more...
China Rice Producers Blame High Government Prices for Increased Imports, Say Production is...
Rice producers in China say that rice imports will continue to increase until the government allows flexibility in domestic purchase prices of rice and allows domestic rice prices to decline to international price levels.Read more...
FAO Proposes Insect Consumption
With rise in population and increased chances of world suffering from hunger, the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization have come up with a report revealing about the next best food option. It is none other than entomophagy,...Read more...
Namibia: Mopani Worms Good for Your Health
By Lorraine Kazondovi, 17 May 2013 Windhoek — Namibian dieticians are in agreement with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation recommendations this week that eating nutritious insects could help fight obesity. And...Read more...
Argentina: Remotely- Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires
Source: Diario Popular Date: 05.14.13 Argentina: Remotely-Guided UFOS Threaten Highways in Buenos Aires To the south of La Plata, these devices pursue cars or appear out of thin air in the midst of the river, shoulders or...Read more...
G8 should implement the CFS Tenure Guidelines rather than launch a new initiative aimed at...
The G8 is currently discussing an “initiative to increase transparency of land transactions and tenure”, which is to be launched at the G8 summit in June 2013. We strongly reject and condemn the G8’s proposed transparency...Read more...
FAO hails China's role in fighting hunger
The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday China has become a major ally of the UN agency in many of its priorities, praising the country's role in fighting hunger and tackling food price volatility.Read more...
Edible insects improve diets and livelihoods of up to 2 billion people – scientists
More than 1,900 insect species form part of the traditional diets of at least 2 billion people, providing a nutritious food source high in protein, vitamin, fiber and mineral content, scientists have said.Read more...
Conference Emphasizes Forests’ Key Role in Food Production
The first International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition concluded in Rome on May 15. It was sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO.) Forestry experts left the meeting optimistic about...Read more...
Insects May Be The Taste Of The Next Generation, Report Says
A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says insects offer a huge potential for improving the world's food security. Peter Menzel, co-author of Man Eating Bugs, describes some insect-based cuisine and the western...Read more...
Obituary: Professor James Muir, aquaculture expert and international development adviser
Born: 7 March, 1951, in Lincolnshire. Died: 1 May, 2013, in Edinburgh, aged 62 James Muir was an internationally renowned aquaculture expert whose affinity with the sea stemmed from his family roots on Scotland’s west coast....Read more...
Researchers sequence draft kiwifruit genome
Kiwifruit growers and breeders will now have the opportunity to better understand their crop after U.S. and Chinese researchers assembled a draft genome for the Vitamin C-rich fruit. The project was undertaken by the...Read more...
Bolivia to Host FAO Summit on Hunger in Latin America
La Paz, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Between September and October, Bolivia will host a summit for the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) dedicated to the fight against hunger in Latin America and the...Read more...
Namibia: Agriculture Census to Provide Detailed Statistics
Namibia Economist]The Namibia Statistics Agency in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is planning and preparing for the next Namibia Census of Agriculture to take place in 2013/14.Read more...
UN: Let Them Eat Bugs!
As part of its drive for global so-called “sustainability,” the United Nations has a new suggestion for the people of the world: Eat bugs instead of burgers. As part of its drive for global so-called “ sustainability ,” the...Read more...
China Rice Traders Urge Flexibility in Domestic Purchase Prices
Rice traders in China say that rice imports will continue to increase until the government allows flexibility in domestic purchase prices of rice and allows domestic rice prices to decline to international price levels.Read more...
US diplomats in aggressive lobbying to promote GM
A consumer rights organisation with bases in the U.S. and Belgium has reviewed embassy cables that show United States diplomats have been attempting to pressure foreign officials, journalists and industry leaders into accepting...Read more...
Download Management of the Whitefly-Virus Complex (Fao Plant Production and Protection Papers) book
Management of the Whitefly-Virus Complex (Fao Plant Production and Protection Papers) book download Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Download Management of the Whitefly-Virus Complex (Fao Plant Production...Read more...
Forests and Climate Change After Doha: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
Over the past three years RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th, 16th and...Read more...
Terrorism- a threat to Africa's peace, security and development
• Terrorism, which is increasingly becoming a major concern to Africa, was once again under the spotlight in the Security Council earlier this week. The Council held an "open debate on combating terrorism in Africa in the...Read more...
