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World food prices remain steady in August: FAO

Global dairy prices increased while sugar prices declined in August, leaving the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Price Index virtually unchanged compared to the previous month.

Global rice price index at highest since 2011 after India restricts exports

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) All Rice Price Index increased by 2.8 prcent on the month and 19.7 percent on the year to reach its highest nominal level since September 2011, as India’s 20 July prohibition of non-parboiled Indica exports fostered expectations of greater sales in other origins, amplifying upward pressure already exerted on prices by seasonally tighter supplies and Asian purchases.

FAO calls for protection of global woodlands

The role of forests in sustainable development was on top of the agenda at an International Day of Forests event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.

Should Billionaires Pay?

The inherent justification of the rich paying for societal issues stems from inequality. Financial inequality is an unfortunate truth around which the world has no answers. But what remains disturbing is its degree the top 1 per cent owns 43 per cent of global wealth, the ratio is worse regionally for developing and underdeveloped nations. Oxfam reports on inequality state that the Covid pandemic has made the world more unequal