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2025.10.20
Junior World Food Day: FAO inspires young people with celebrity cooking show
FAO, marking its 80th anniversary, is focusing on empowering youth voices for the future of food security. Director-General Qu Dongyu emphasized global teamwork across generations and borders to ensure everyone has enough to eat.
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2025.10.17
Chef Fatmata Binta designated FAO Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Africa
FAO named chef Fatmata Binta Goodwill Ambassador for Africa for promoting indigenous foods and women farmers, and honored Ethiopia’s Agricultural Transformation Institute for advancing sustainable farming through its cluster program.
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2025.10.16
WFF 2025: Special event boosts momentum for the implementation of the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) Initiative
FAO’s 2025 World Food Forum spotlighted the OCOP initiative, engaging 95 nations to boost sustainable value chains for crops, livestock, and fisheries, advancing smallholder inclusion, global partnerships, and resilient agrifood systems.
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2025.10.15
China’s September Soybean Imports Reach Near-Record as U.S. Trade War Drags On
China’s September soybean imports hit their second-highest level ever, driven by strong South American purchases as trade tensions with the U.S. reduced American imports, according to Reuters data based on customs figures.
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2025.10.14
WFF 2025: Pioneering a common future for humankind at the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems
FAO’s Global-Hub in Rome united leaders and experts to celebrate Indigenous values—Peace, Reciprocity, Sharing, Caring, and Solidarity—bridging ancestral wisdom with modern innovation to advance sustainable agrifood systems and global food security.
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2025.10.13
FAO to inaugurate new Food and Agriculture Museum & Network in Rome
FAO MuNe, supported by Italy’s Foreign Ministry, is a cultural and innovation hub at FAO housing the historic David Lubin Library. Located near Rome’s Circus Maximus, it showcases FAO’s 80 years of work and explores agrifood system challenges and futures.
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2025.10.09
Biofuels Leaders: Iowa Cedes Its Ethanol ‘Crown’ to Nebraska With CO2 Pipeline Start
Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, said Nebraska’s new CO₂ pipeline allows ethanol plants to access federal tax credits and tap into the ultra-low carbon ethanol market.
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2025.10.08
Mexico Confirms New Screwworm Case in Northern Border State Nuevo Leon
Mexico’s agriculture ministry said on Monday another case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was detected in Nuevo Leon, which borders the United States, marking the state’s second confirmed case in about two weeks.
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2025.10.07
Crop vs. Livestock Sentiment: Perspectives From the Ag Economy Barometer
The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer index is computed each month to gauge producer sentiment among a group of U.S. agricultural producers.
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2025.10.02
First FDA-Approved Solution Targets New World Screwworm in Cattle Herds
Zoetis Inc. announced FDA conditional approval of Dectomax-CA1 Injectable, the first product for New World screwworm (NWS). It prevents and treats infestations by Cochliomyia hominivorax larvae and offers 21-day reinfestation protection.