Sheep Industry News: Global
14 April 2015
How Do We Ensure Food For Tomorrow?ANALYSIS - Making research in agriculture and the agri-food sector a priority, promoting innovation and improving the exchange of knowledge are going to be essential in developing food production...
07 April 2015
FAO Food Price Index Drops Further in March 2015GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 173.8 points in March 2015, down 2.6 points (1.5 per cent) from its revised February value and nearly 40 points (18.7 per cent) below its level in March...
World Health Day: Can 'FoodKeeper' Application Reduce Waste?ANALYSIS - How often do you have to throw away food because it's gone past its best? ...
30 March 2015
Processing Steps Propelling Goat, Sheep DairyingGLOBAL - Food research and processing experts are striving to improve how milk from species other than cows is treated with the view to growing the sheep and goat dairy industries....
27 March 2015
Water Management Crucial for Sustainable FoodGLOBAL - As people around the world celebrated World Water Day 2015 on Sunday 22 March, the United Nations released a new report predicting major water shortages of 40 per cent across the globe...
25 March 2015
Antimicrobial Resistance – Who is Responsible?ANALYSIS - Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials has been linked to the emergence and spread of organisms resistant to them, rendering treatments obsolete and threatening public health....
23 March 2015
Punitive Trade Barriers Hit European ExportsANALYSIS - Significant trade and investment barriers are being built by Europe’s leading trading partners....
20 March 2015
IFPRI: Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico Home to Half World’s HungryGLOBAL - Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and Mexico may be rising economic powerhouses, but these five fast-growing, middle income countries are still home to nearly half of the world’s hungry,...
19 March 2015
Agriculture Bears Major Brunt of Disaster ImpactsGLOBAL - Nearly a quarter of damages wrought by natural disasters on the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector according to initial results from a new FAO study released at the...
FAO Boosts Animal Disease Control, Food Security in Response to Syria CrisisMIDDLE EAST - The FAO is scaling up its support to Jordan and other countries in the region affected by the humanitarian crisis in Syria that has entered its fifth year....
11 March 2015
Strengthening the Direct Link Between Small-Scale Farmers and Public InstitutionsAFRICA - An innovative partnership spanning five African countries is providing important lessons on how governments can procure food for public institutions, such as schools, directly from small-scale...
06 March 2015
Food Price Index Dips to Lowest Level Since July 2010GLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 179. 4 points in February 2015, down 1.8 points (1.0 per cent) from its January value and 29 points (14.0 per cent) below its level in February 2014....
04 March 2015
Cutting Food Waste Could Save Global Economy $300 BillionANALYSIS - Reducing consumer food waste could save between $120 billion and $300 billion a year by 2030....
03 March 2015
Cargill Completes $12.5 Million Investment in South Africa Animal Feed FacilityGLOBAL - Driven by an increase in demand from customers throughout the region for animal feed products, Cargill has completed a US$12.5 million expansion of its premix facility in Pietermaritzburg,...
26 February 2015
Kansas and Scottish Laboratories Join to Tackle BunyavirusesGLOBAL – Two universities are partnering across the Atlantic to combat a family of viruses which includes Schmallenberg, first detected in the UK in 2012....
25 February 2015
Agricultural Production 'Not Suitable' for Food Challenges of the 21st CenturyGLOBAL - While the numbers of the chronically hungry have been reduced by 100 million over the past decade, 805 million still go without enough to eat on a regular basis....
23 February 2015
Global Sheep Meat Production RisingANALYSIS - Global sheep meat production has been rising over the last three to four years having seen a gradual slide since heights of 2007....
20 February 2015
Phil Hogan EU Commissioner Will Address US ConferenceGLOBAL - EU Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, is scheduled to address the Agricultural Outlook Conference in Virginia, US, with US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today, 19 February....
19 February 2015
What are Your Views on the Critical List of Antibiotics?ANALYSIS - Agricultural use of antimicrobial medicines produces a source of resistant bacteria that can spread to humans....
17 February 2015
Three Supermarket Groups Head Animal Welfare Benchmark TableGLOBAL - Three European supermarket groups have been given top marks in a global annual farm animal welfare Business Benchmark report....
12 February 2015
Crunching Genomes to Fight Livestock, Poultry DiseasesGLOBAL - FAO and SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics are teaming up to develop high tech tools to fight bird flu and other infectious diseases in farm animals....
06 February 2015
Call for Concrete Proposals in World Trade TalksGLOBAL - A new paper from the World Trade Organisation on the latest stage of the Doha round of the global trade talks has shown that just one country might have to make changes to its domestic...
FAO Meat Price Index Falls AgainGLOBAL - The FAO Food Price Index averaged 182.7 points in January 2015, down 3.6 points (1.9 per cent) from its revised December 2014 value....
04 February 2015
What Role do Retailers Play in Reducing the Use of Antibiotics on Farms?ANALYSIS - More resistant bacteria means more pressure on producers, veterinarians, and, as consumer awareness grows, retailers....
30 January 2015
Feed Industry Discusses Critical Issues at 8th International Feed Regulators MeetingGLOBAL - The 8th International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by IFIF in cooperation with the FAO brought together a record number of feed industry representatives and government officials...
28 January 2015
Do You Feel Well Informed about Conditions to Use Antibiotics on Farms?ANALYSIS - Concern has been growing among farming, veterinary and political communities as well as the public at large over the over-use of antibiotics....
Food Insecurity in Conflict Areas Must be AddressedGLOBAL - Agriculture and food security must be treated as essential components of peacebuilding and conflict resolution, said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva during a special meeting...
Urgent Assistance Needed After Malawi FloodMALAWI, AFRICA - Farmers in southern Malawi urgently need seeds and livestock after intense flooding destroyed their fields and homes, washing away animals and crops and threatening local food...
21 January 2015
More Efficient Food Systems NeededGLOBAL - Input intensive agricultural development as a model is no longer sustainable, says a world food spokesman....
What’s Left If We Lose Antibiotics?GLOBAL - Bacterial resistance is developing quickly and many critically important drugs risk becoming obsolete. Disastrous consequences lie in wait therefore unless these drugs are used prudently....
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