WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: USDA MiCa, USDA Dint and USDA Klondike, the first winter pea cultivars specifically developed to be used whole or as an ingredient in human food, have been released by the Agricultural Research Service. Winter or autumn-sown peas (Pisum sativum)--also called "black peas" or "field peas"--are annual legumes with excellent nitrogen-fixing abilities. They, and related pea species, o  more

ROME, Italy, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization issued the following news: The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international   more

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks on Dec. 6, 2022, by Ambassador Lisa Carty, U.S. representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, at a Security Council briefing on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine: * * * Last Thursday, the UN released its global humanitarian overview for 2023, which set another record, with 339 million people in need of assistance and a price tag of $51 billion. When the UN launched its humanitarian needs overv  more