Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

GAMT, a p53-inducible modulator of apoptosis, is critical for the adaptive response to nutrient...

Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. The p53 tumor suppressor protein has a well-established role in cell-fate decision-making processes....

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Lots of smoke and hot air but little bite

IT was largely written off from the start, the pow-wow on global food security, that is. Hungry for action: Muhyiddin and his wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman in a group photo with several members of the Malaysian community...

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PERU: Fighting Hunger with Native Crops

PAUCARÁ, Peru, Nov 21 (IPS) - As if he were showing off a treasure, Dionicio Sarmiento holds up his seed potatoes with a smile. "Look how nice they are, all ready to plant. It'll be a good harvest," says the peasant farmer from...

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IIMSAM Official Dr. Naseer Homoud Congratulated FAO and Delegates on Successful Conclusion of World

Dr. Naseer Homoud Goodwill Ambassador and Director of Middle East office for the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM), the Permanent Observer to the United Nations...

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Wood Restoration Program To Be Carried Out In Armenia In 2010

WOOD RESTORATION PROGRAM TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ARMENIA IN 2010 ARMENPRESS NOVEMBER 20, 2009 YEREVAN YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS: With the support of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization "Restoration of Woods and Wood...

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Financial global crisis form dangerous threat on food security in Yemen

SANA'A, Nov. 21 (Saba) - Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Mansour al-Hawshabi affirmed that the financial and economic crisis, including its negative effects, formed a dangerous threat on security food in the developing...

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Shoura chairman back home

SANA'A, Nov. 21 (Saba)- Chairman of the Shoura Council Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Ghani returned on Saturday to Sana'a following his participation, on top of a Yemeni delegation, in the World Summit on Food Security which was held at the...

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FAO Joe Blackburn

''What I'd say, I don't mess about with my girls'' When you're born, you're given a name and a football team. You only get to change one. Effort without talent is a depressing situation....but talent without effort is a...

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Archives: Toys 'R' Us Gets Wound Up Again

Earnings are higher, the retailer is making acquisitions, and an IPO is expected early next year When a trio of private equity buyers snapped up Toys "R" Us in 2005, many predicted the retailer wouldn't survive. Instead, Toys...

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Food summit let-down

The recent World Food Summit in Rome clearly failed to do its job. It did well to focus attention on the risk of food price shocks of the magnitude experienced in mid-2008, which led to civil unrest in over 30 countries. Yet it...

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