As conflict, displacement, and climate pressures continue to drive high levels of acute food insecurity across the Near East and North Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent funding for emergency agricultural assistance to help families contin...
The food safety regulator has directed Everest Food Products to recall a specific batch of pre-packed cumin powder after regulatory testing confirmed pesticide residues above prescribed limits.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered Everest Food Products Pvt Ltd to imm...
Seoul Dairy Cooperative has launched “One Meal Daily Care”, its first product in the nutrition drink category, in SIG DomeMini, SIG’s unique carton bottle designed for convenient on-the-go consumption.
The new product marks Seoul Dairy’s move into the growing daily nutrition...
Reducing food loss and waste has transformative potential for agrifood systems, as saving food from being lost or wasted also saves nutrients, natural resources and money, while helping ease pressure on forests, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO...
Millions of people across Somalia continue to face high levels of hunger, while acute malnutrition among children is set to worsen over the coming months as heavy flooding associated with the anticipated El Niño is expected to worsen the situation from October to December 2026, the Federal Go...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a combined $30 million loan (in togrog equivalent) with Gobi Joint Stock Company (Gobi), Tavan Bogd Foods LLC (TBF), and Tavan Bogd Foods Pizza LLC (TBFP) to strengthen Mongolia's cashmere value chain and expand employment opportunities in the country’s ...
According to a new study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), livestock production systems provide one-third of the world’s total protein supply - most of it from mixed crop-livestock and poultry production systems - and are undergoing profound changes.
Feedlo...
Forests and trees play a crucial role in providing nutritious food, and more than 5 billion people worldwide rely on them to some extent for their livelihoods. Yet their contribution to food security and nutrition remains largely overlooked in national statistics and policy frameworks.
A new global...
The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a €5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses reach markets, generate more reliable incomes and better withstand climate and economic shocks.
The project will support vuln...
Saudi Arabia’s National Agricultural Services Company (NADEC) has launched an online service for obtaining food import permits, aimed at simplifying import procedures and improving access to digital services for food sector stakeholders.
The new platform enables users to submit food import pe...
The latest study from the Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) reveals the stark reality of where global food systems transformation stands: For most indicators on health, environment, livelihoods, governance and resilience, a vast majority of countries will not meet the internationall...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has initiated enforcement action against several alcoholic beverage manufacturers for the use of artificial or nature-identical flavouring substances in whisky and rum, ordering the prohibition of sale of select product variants after laborato...
The New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia has announced financial and practical support for commercial abalone fishers as the state moves to a new operating model aimed at improving the long-term sustainability of its abalone fishery on the South Coast.
Under the Minns Labor Government&rsqu...
India has made significant strides in improving food security and reducing hunger over the past decades. Despite this, according to the latest NFHS-6 (2023-2024), 29.3 per cent of children under five are stunted, 31.8 per cent are underweight, and 19 per cent are wasted, while the prevalence of diet...
Researchers at Adelaide University are investigating the potential of black soldier fly larvae as a sustainable, protein-rich ingredient that could help address rising global protein demand while converting agricultural waste into valuable biomass.
The research is being conducted in partnership wit...
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in th...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) scaled up its conditional cash assistance program to support a total of 1 500 small-scale farmers in the Gaza Strip to cultivate at least 1 dunum (0.1 ha) of land each. Through this support, FAO projects that the farmers will produce ...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is putting faster and more flexible crisis response tools in place to help its members in Asia and the Pacific protect people, keep essential services running, and manage energy supply and food price shocks.
“Ongoing instability from the Middle East conflict i...
