NFUS to Ensure Supermarkets Play Fair to Farmers 20/08/08
NFU Scotland has written to the major retailers in order to highlight to them increasing concern over the potentially damaging effect that recent pricing strategies could have on farmgate prices and the future supply of Scottish food and drink.

Allan Stevenson is New Chairman of Potato Council 24/07/08
The appointment of a new chairman to the Potato Council is an important step forward for the industry in these times of change.

Spotlight on World Food Day 2008 07/07/08
Rarely has World Food Day assumed greater meaning than at the present time, as rapidly rising food prices risk increasing the number of hungry people, notes FAO’s Chief of World Food Day events, Sidaty Aidara.

High Food Prices Could Reverse Agricultural Growth 26/06/08
Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production recorded by some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years.

Gates Foundation Grant for FAO 11/06/08
The quality of statistical information from 17 countries in sub-Saharan Africa will be dramatically increased with grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reported FAO today.

30 Billion Dollars a Year to Eradicate World Hunger 03/06/08
FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today appealed to world leaders for US$30 billion a year to re-launch agriculture and avert future threats of conflicts over food.

WTO Concerns for Rural Scotland Remain 29/05/08
NFU Scotland has re-emphasised the danger for the quality food and farming industry in Scotland if agricultural trade reform proposals expose the country to cheaper imports produced to lower standards.