FAO

Welcome to the 'FAO' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'FAO'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “FAO”

• Hear the good news from Rome (Willem Van Cotthem)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  For many years scientists-members of the CST (Committee on Science and Technology) of the UNCCD (UN Convention to Combat Desertification) have been asking for strong UN-decisions to apply well-known success stories and best practices to mitigate drought, to combat desertification and to alleviate poverty.Repeatedly ...
  17 hours ago

• Tenure to land and other natural resources (AfricaFiles / all Africa / FAO)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : AfricaFileshttp://www.africafiles.org/afgeneral.asp Two FAO land initiatives Author: various, CapetownDate Written: 30 October 2009Primary Category: Africa General Document Origin: AllAfrica.comSecondary Category: -none-Source URL: http://allafrica.com/ Key Words: FAO, land initiatives, food ...
  1 day ago

• WAR AGAINST HUNGER, GLOBAL WARMING CAN BE WON ON FARMLANDS (UNNews)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : UNNewsWAR AGAINST HUNGER, GLOBAL WARMING CAN BE WON ON FARMLANDS; UN REPORTNew York, Nov  5 2009 11:05AMThe world’s farmlands can be the frontline for the fight against the impact of climate change and the battle to feed the mounting global population, according to a new ...
  2 days ago

• Order to Cash Outsourcing - 5 Reasons Why It’s a Trend to Watch Today

  
  Consider the Source — Authority: 116
  By Art Shanfeld, Senior Advisor, TPI Order to Cash (OTC) outsourcing has typically been on CFOs’ lists of “potential outsourcing opportunities,” but it has not risen to the top of the list until recently. TPI is seeing more interest and activity in OTC outsourcing this year in spite of - and possibly ...
  2 days ago

• New York Food Talk

  
  Epicurienne — Authority: 103
  It’s that time of year again, when a weekend in New York looms in Big Apple style on the pre-Christmas horizon. I have long associations with this city; it was in New York that, as a foetus, I first kicked my mother from the inside out, thrilling her with the reality of impending motherhood. It was as a teenager in ...
  4 days ago

• Feeding the world without harming it (IRINNews)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : IRINNewsGLOBAL: Feeding the world without harming it CAPE TOWN, 3 November 2009 (IRIN) – Countries with growing populations can boost food production without punishing the environment if they are willing to experiment with less harmful farming practices, experts at a recent conference on biodiversity ...
  5 days ago

• Africa Weekly Sustainable Development Guidance Document (IISD)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : Africa WeeklySustainable Development Guidance DocumentEdition 1:18 – Tuesday, 3 November 2009Editors Note: Welcome to the eighteenth issue of IISD’s Africa Weekly Sustainable Development Guidance Document. The Guidance Document replaces our Linkages Africa newsletter, and we aim to provide this service ...
  6 days ago

• UN INITIATIVE TO TACKLE DEFORESTATION (UNNews / REDD)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : UNNewsFIVE NATIONS SIGN UP TO UN INITIATIVE TO TACKLE DEFORESTATIONNew York, Nov  2 2009  3:05PMFive countries today <”http://www.un-redd.org/NewsCentre/tabid/969/language/en-US/Default.aspx”>joined the United Nations initiative aimed at combating climate change by creating incentives for poorer ...
  6 days ago

• AVOIDABLE POST-HARVEST LOSSES WORSEN HUNGER (UNNews)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : UNNewsHUGE AMOUNTS OF AVOIDABLE POST-HARVEST LOSSES WORSENS HUNGER FOR POOR – UNNew York, Nov  2 2009  6:05PMThe plight of the hungry in developing countries is needlessly aggravated by farmers losing up to half of their crops after gathering the harvest, the United Nations agricultural agency said ...
  6 days ago

• Did food production in Sub-Saharan Africa grew in 2008 beause of increased research?

  
  FARA Secretariat — Authority: 426
  12–13 October. Rome. Food production in Sub-Saharan Africa grew in 2008 for the first time in decades, according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).The 3.5 per cent increase — higher than the two per cent rise in population — was driven in part by increased use of technology, says ...
  1 week ago

• FAO Schwarz: Magazines

  
  Ads of the World — Authority: 694
  Better rewards, better kid. Advertising Agency: Gang of One, New York, USA Art Director: Braden Belmonte Copywriter: Marc Stolove Illustrator: Patrick Miranda
  1 week ago

• FAO Schwarz: Mooning

  
  Ads of the World — Authority: 694
  Better rewards, better kid. Advertising Agency: Gang of One, New York, USA Art Director: Braden Belmonte Copywriter: Marc Stolove Illustrator: Patrick Miranda
  1 week ago

• This winter, Ryanair versus the world (again)

  
  anna.aero — Authority: 426
  And so the winter season begins with a flurry of new route activity. Although total route launches may be down on last year, Ryanair is still #1 for new routes with over 50 starting this week. Download our free Excel spreadsheet detailing all 128 of this week’s new route launches.
  1 week ago

• Have A Little Fun

  
  Bird On A Wire — Authority: 91
  My friends at VW (Volkswagen) have a new twist on an old idea. Put a little fun in every thing you do!Remember the piano at  FAO Schwartz in Big?  Enjoy this and pass it on!Related articles by ZemantaToys R Us to Open FAO Schwarz In Store Boutiques (shoppingblog.com)Self-Parking Car from Stanford and Volkswagen ...
  1 week ago

• "Kilimo Kwanza" gets a boost from UNs FAO

  
  nukta77 — Authority: 146
  It looks like Tanzanias new slogan Kilimo Kwanza literally meaning Agriculture First has met a partner in recognition. The UNs News website reports that the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) scheme via a $3 million project set by Germany will help Tanzanian farmers expand their access to markets and ultimately ...
  1 week ago

• Toys’RUs In Crazy Holiday Push

  
  Counter Culture — Authority: 519
  Toys”R”Us is pulling out all the stops this holiday season in efforts to compete with the likes of Walmart and others that have encroached on its territory for a while. The chain’s solution? A pop-up and store-within-a-store strategy.Not satisfied that shoppers will gravitate toward the 586 stores across the US ...
  1 week ago

• TANZANIAN FARMERS TO RECEIVE UN HELP (UNNews)

  
  Desertification — Authority: 148
  Read at : UNNewsTANZANIAN FARMERS TO RECEIVE UN HELP TO EXPAND ACCESS TO MARKETSNew York, Oct 28 2009 11:05AMA new United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (<”http://www.fao.org/”>FAO) scheme will help Tanzanian farmers expand their access to markets and ultimately bolster their food security.The ...
  1 week ago

• Africa’s staple food cassava: turning toxic with cyanide due to carbon emissions

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 600
  Cassava is touted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the savior of Africa, being a staple food of more than half a billion of the world’s poorest people. The crop augurs well in the continent because it is basically drought-resistant. But one of the most important foods on the planet is becoming ...
  1 week ago

• The Calorie Delusion in Food Labels

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 600
  Food labels are essentially wrong. The calorie counting system on food labels around the world goes as far back as the late 19th century. It espouses the calculation of the ‘energy content of various foods by burning small samples in controlled conditions and measuring the amount of energy released in the form of ...
  1 week ago

• Yemen: Challenges facing IDP camp

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 489
  IDPs lining up to get food aid in the al-Mazraq campPoor security, lack of basic infrastructure, the increasing numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and how to accommodate livestock are among the challenges facing the government and aid agencies trying to run IDP camps in northern Yemen, according to Nasim ...
  1 week ago

Comments about FAO