International Day of Forests 2023 global event highlights importance of forests for environmental and human health
21/03/2023
The vital role forests play to ensure environmental health and healthy societies came under the spotlight today at a global event which brought together ministers, experts and youth activists to mark In...
Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems as a way to mitigate and adapt to climate change
20/03/2023
Transforming agrifood systems is essential to adapt to human-caused climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today in the face of the latest report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...
Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin: FAO mobilizes to safeguard food security and rural livelihoods in Vanuatu
15/03/2023
The Category 4 Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin that made landfall over Vanuatu earlier this month have left a trail of destruction in their wake, affecting some 80 percent of the population and causing widespread damage, flooding and power outages. With about three-quarters of the population ...
New UN report focuses on food security and nutrition in Europe and Central Asia, points way towards more affordable and sustainable diets
14/03/2023
In Europe and Central Asia, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the war in Ukraine put food security and healthy nutrition under enormous pressure. Food prices peaked, posing a challenge for decision makers to ensure that no one is left behind.
Developed by eight United Nat...
RuralInvest toolkit fosters access to finance for small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises
09/03/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has finalized the latest update of a toolkit that aims to revolutionize small and middle-sized rural entrepreneurship. RuralInvest, the methodology developed by the
To transform agrifood systems, we must implement climate change and biodiversity agendas in tandem
09/03/2023
Brussels, Geneva and New York – The rethinking of food and agriculture and the necessary sector transformations we need moving forward must take into consideration the implementation of the closely interlinked climate change and biodiversity outcomes from COP27 and C...
International Women’s Day 2023: Bridging the digital gender divide is essential for unleashing women’s potential in rural areas, say UN food and agriculture agencies
08/03/2023
Inclusive access to digital technologies and education is crucial to reducing gender inequalities and empowering rural women and girls – that was the message from three United Nations’ food and agriculture agencies as they marked International Women’s Day 2023.
Participants at the ev...
FAO and UNIDO launch global Agrifood Systems Transformation Accelerator (ASTA)
06/03/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have jointly launched the Agrifood Systems Transformation Accelerator (ASTA), a global programme designed to help Least Developed Countries make their agrifood systems more ...
Somalia: lives and livelihoods of millions still at risk, FAO calls for an urgent scale-up in emergency humanitarian aid alongside resilience
06/03/2023
While humanitarian assistance has prevented worse outcomes and staved off famine in parts of Somalia thus far, millions of rural Somali people continue to face unprecedented challenges to their food security. Reversing the alarming trend requires not only sustained and at-scale humanitarian as...
FAO Food Price Index declines for the 11th consecutive month
03/03/2023
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 129.8 points in February, a ...
Candidates for the post of FAO Director-General announced
02/03/2023
Election for the Organization’s top leadership post with a four-year term of office starting on 1 Aug...
Global indicators on the costs of healthy diets and how many people can’t afford them
01/03/2023
Türkiye-Syria earthquake: farmers are in need of immediate assistance
17/02/2023
FAO raises concerns over disruptions to basic food production, seeks support to address immediate livelihood needs
Africa requires a collective effort to transform the continent’s agrifood systems and end malnutrition, QU Dongyu tells AU Summit
17/02/2023
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu today called for a collective sustained effort, political will and renewed commitment across the African continent, and globally, to transform agrifood systems and deliver better nutrition.
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FAO publishes its first Global Assessment of Soil Carbon in Grasslands
14/02/2023
Improving management practices in grasslands— large areas covered with grass, especially used for animal grazing— can boost the capacity of soils as carbon sinks, and help countries reach their climate goals, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nati...
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: Two new sites recognized in Ecuador’s Andes and Amazon regions
14/02/2023
Two biodiverse agricultural and agroforestry systems, or chakras, in Ecuador - one in the Andes mountains and one in the country’s Amazon region - have won recognition as Globally Important Agricultural H...
World Pulses Day 2023 highlights how pulses are at the core of sustainability
09/02/2023
Following the successful celebration of the International Year of Pulses in 2016, every 10 February the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrates World Pulses Day.
Four key areas of action to promote agrifood systems transformation in least developed countries
08/02/2023
The Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today highlighted four key areas for efforts to foster agrifood systems transformation in least developed countries (
