UN body in Afghanistan thanks India for assistance in combating locust threat

Jan 23, 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Afghanistan thanked India for supplying 40,000 litres of Malathion, a pesticide used to...

Afghanistan: FAO warns of severe locust outbreak across 8 provinces

May 12, 2023

The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has issued a warning about a widespread Moroccan locust outbreak across eight provinces in Afghanistan's wheat-growing...

'Pakistan, India cooperating to fight desert locust under FAO-administrated forum'

Jun 05, 2020

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 : Pakistan and India are cooperating with each other to tackle the issue of desert locust under a forum administered...

Swarms of locusts active in parts of Rajasthan, UP: Agriculture Ministry

Jul 16, 2020

New Delhi [India], July 16 : The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday said that swarms of immature pink locust and adult yellow locust are...

Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief

Nov 03, 2021

Rome, [Italy], November 3 : Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...

FAO chief economist warns of Ukraine conflict's possible heavy toll on food security

Mar 17, 2022

New York [US], March 17 (ANI/Xinhua): The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Maximo Torero, on Wednesday warned of the possible...