For the first time in its history, Uzbekistan has been unanimously elected to the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for the 2028-2029 term, according to the country's Foreign Ministry.

Global food prices declined in May, with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reporting a 0.8% drop in its overall Food Price Index on Friday.

Global food insecurity and malnutrition continued to worsen in 2024, with 295 million people suffering from acute hunger across 53 countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its partners said in a report released on Friday.

Global food prices climbed to their highest level in two years this April, reflecting growing concerns over trade disruptions.

World food commodity prices decreased by 2.1% in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the FAO, but they remain significantly higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic.

UN humanitarians said on Thursday that evacuation orders and air strikes forced more than 880,000 people from their homes in Lebanon, with more than 500,000 of them fleeing into Syria.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has forecast that the global food import bill will rise by 2.2% year-on-year, surpassing $2 trillion in 2024.

Global food prices surged to an 18-month high in October, rising 2% from September, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The World Health Organization on Friday said that every day, an estimated 1.6 million people become sick from eating unsafe food, News.Az reports citing Anadolu Agency.

An estimated 14.2 million people in Afghanistan currently face acute food insecurity, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday, News.Az reports citing Anadolu Agency.