Benchmark measure of world food commodity prices ends 2023 about 10 percent below its year-earlier level Rome– The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, with the sharpest drop in international sugar quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which […]
By: Grenada Food and Nutrition Council Eating an adequate number of fruits and vegetables and having a balanced healthy diet is essential for healthy growth and development of children. Children between ages two to five years have high energy and nutrient needs because of their continuous growth and development. Having a poor nutrition intake and […]
By The Grenada Food and Nutrition Council Grenada will join the CARICOM regional Organisation for standards and quality (CROSQ) in the vote for or against the implementation of the Octagonal Front of package warning label as part of the revision of the “Labeling of prepackaged foods specification a revision, CROSQ 2010”, a standard aimed at […]
By Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises, in 2022, almost 258 million people in 58 countries faced the highest levels of acute food insecurity, which includes the categories of “Crisis”, “Emergency”, and “Catastrophe”, meaning that it can range […]
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 — As Caribbean students start to return to the classroom across the region, an ambitious campaign promoting nutritious food in schools hopes to get them healthier. The six-week digital campaign, ‘#ActOnFacts – The Food in Schools Matters’, encourages public and policymaker support for the introduction of policies limiting the sale and marketing of […]
Recent FAO training focuses on understanding and applying food systems thinking to tackle the interrelated issues of poverty and food security and nutrition November 30, 2017 (Bridgetown, Barbados) — In the last few years, integrated and holistic ways to address food-related challenges such as reducing food waste and loss, improving farmer livelihoods, expanding access to […]
