ROME, June 19 (UPI) -- The world's sluggish economy and rising food prices mean more than 1 billion people will go hungry every day this year, the United Nations said Friday.

UNITED NATIONS, April 12 (UPI) -- A powerful fungus that can destroy entire wheat fields has spread from East Africa to Yemen, the United Nations warned.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The U.N. said Thursday that global aid is urgent to help counties with bird flu cases share data to respond to the growing threat.

ROME, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.N. food specialists say agricultural production has lost about three-quarters of its genetic diversity in the past century.

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- International health and food safety agencies have appealed for funds to stop the spread of the bird flu in Asia that has eight confirmed deaths.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- James Morris, an Indiana corporate executive and former head of the Lilly Endowment, was named Thursday executive director of the World Food Program, U.N. offic

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The head of the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization on Monday officially launched the International Year of the Mountains. Jacques Diouf said eradication of