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Climate change threatens agricultural trade in Pacific Rim economies, UN agency warns

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Harvesting rice in Viet Nam. Global rice consumption trends are rising.

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UN agencies aid millions affected by flooding, landslides in South Asia

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Displaced by the floods, a woman and her child walk along a road in southern Nepal.

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UN releases $2.5 million from pooled fund to tackle energy crisis in Gaza

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Electrical power transmission lines in Gaza City.

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Spain Helps WFP To Support People Affected By Mosul Conflict

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of €700,000 (US$790,000) from the Government of Spain that will be used to provide food assistance for some 34,000 people affected by the recent conflict in Mosul, Iraq.

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