Food Safety
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Amir-Abdollahian:
Iran ready to help intl. community to cope with energy crisis
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced Iran's preparedness to help the international community to cope with the current energy crisis and counter threats related to food insecurity.
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UN warns;
Hunger to worsen in Haiti as gang violence escalates
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Hunger is set to worsen in Haiti amid worsening gang violence, high costs of food and rising inflation, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned.
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Russia blames West for Ukraine grain crisis
TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – Kremlin Spokesman on Thursday said the West only had itself to blame for a brewing food crisis due to problems getting Ukraine grain out to world markets, demanding the US and its allies scrap what it cast as illegal sanctions.
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Iran supports UN efforts addressing food insecurity
TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – As the whole world has been affected by food shortages, Iran's envoy and permanent representative to the United Nations said that Iran supports the United Nations' efforts to address food insecurity issues.
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In interview with MNA;
Falk talks of West hypocrisy regarding refugees, occupation
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Describing the reasons behind the West's double standards towards the issue of refugees and occupation, Richard Falk says the most immediate relevant answer is race, location, and control of the global humanitarian discourse.
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Over 29mn people in east Africa facing food insecurity
TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – As many as 29 million people in the member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), located in East Africa, are facing high levels of food insecurity, IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu said.
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Putin says world faces food crisis due to West's sanctions
TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said sanctions imposed by Western nations would lead to a global food crisis.
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UN:
Food insecurity threatens an entire generation in Afghanistan
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of "unparalleled proportions", the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday.
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‘Climate change deprives 70% of Somalians of safe water’
TEHRAN, Mar. 23 (MNA) – Climate change-caused drought in Somalia has left 70% of families in the country without access to safe drinking water and in urgent need of humanitarian support, according to the non-profit organization Save the Children.
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11mn American children not have access to enough food: Biden
TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – US President Joe Biden in a message acknowledged that 11 million American children do not have access to enough food.
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Iran enjoys good food security: FAO rep.
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Gerold Bödeker, FAO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran, told Mehr News Agency in an exclusive interview on the occasion of 'World Food Day' that Iran has good food security and food safety index.
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FAO urges fight against hunger,climate change in Asia-Pacific
TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has pointed to the need to implement new ways to battle COVID-19 and malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific.
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FAO calls for more innovative policies in Asia-Pacific to ensure food security, nutrition in the wake of COVID-19
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific warns that the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 requires a greater coordinated response on many policy levels, particularly to ensure food and nutrition security of billions of people in the vast Asia-Pacific region.
