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Director-General
News
Sudan: FAO scales up emergency response with seed distribution campaign targeting 7.5 million people
A vital initiative to boost local food production and restore livelihoods amid ongoing conflict
News
Make the Four Betters “part of our daily life,” says 79th UNGA President Philemon Yang
He delivered the McDougall Memorial Lecture at the 44th Session of the FAO Conference
“This Conference is the world's premier platform to reignite that collaborative spirit, to forge consensus on the bold, systemic transformations needed”
Opening Statement by QU Dongyu at the 44th Session of the FAO Conference
In Focus
44th FAO Conference
The Conference is FAO’s supreme Governing Body, determining the Organization’s policy and approving its budget. Access the agenda, meeting documents and more information on the 44th Session.
In Focus
Discover the FAO Museum and Network (MuNe)
Explore how this new global initiative brings together cultures, innovation and knowledge to highlight the power of agrifood systems in advancing sustainable development.
In Focus
FAO response to global food security challenges
Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.
Publication
Food Outlook – Biannual report on global food markets, June 2025
Check out the latest market assessments and forecasts for the production, trade, utilization and stocks of major food commodities.
Interactive story
Heroes of deserts and highlands
Meet the camelids in 3D and see how they help sustain livelihoods, cultures and more.
Photo gallery - Mauritania 2025
Statistics
FAOSTAT - Food and agriculture data
FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.
Director-General
“This Conference is the world's premier platform to reignite that collaborative spirit, to forge consensus on the bold, systemic transformations needed”
Opening Statement by QU Dongyu at the 44th Session of the FAO Conference
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Voices of Impact
Investing in Jharkhand’s women
30/06/2025
The Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth (JOHAR) programme, in Jharkhand, eastern India, is helping 200 000 rural households – particularly women from Scheduled Tribes – improve their livelihoods and incomes through high-value agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries, irrigation and non-timber forest products.
Video
FAO’s 80th anniversary
30/06/2025
Join us in shaping a year of global action to transform agrifood systems, leaving no one behind.
Podcast
FAO Brief – 23 June 2025
23/06/2025
In this episode of the FAO Brief: conflict, disease and displacement drive hunger to catastrophic levels in parts of South Sudan; FAO released the most detailed report ever on marine fish stocks; and the UN recognizes three marine restoration projects in East Africa, Mexico and Spain as global models.
Data
Percentages of biologically sustainable and unsustainable fishery stocks by FAO major fishing area 2021
2020 World
31.2%
2010 World
31.5%
In depth
Data
Transparency is key to FAO’s mission
Our new transparency portal shows how and where our resources are used and the results we have achieved. Explore the portal now.
Publication
Medium Term Plan and Programme of Work
The Director-General’s Medium Term Plan 2026-29 and Programme of Work and Budget 2026-27.
In Focus
FAO Data Lab
The FAO Data Lab for Statistical Innovation modernizes the statistical business process, with a specific focus on emergency contexts, when having access to timely information is very important.
FAO and the SDGs
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A world free from hunger and malnutrition where food and agriculture contributes to improving the living standards of all
FAO works with governments and partners to empower some of the world’s most marginalized people to end rural poverty.
FAO helps ensure food security by developing ways of growing food that will work in the future so that millions of people don’t go hungry.
Good health starts with nutrition. FAO sets global standards and works with governments and the private sector to ensure food quality and safety throughout the food chain.
FAO invests in educational systems for rural communities and supports improved access to primary education and school meals in order to create equal opportunities for all and chances of lifelong learning.
FAO supports gender equality in the agricultural sector in an effort to raise levels of nutrition in local communities and improve agricultural productivity.
FAO works with governments to ensure water use in agriculture is made more efficient, equitable and environmentally friendly.
FAO promotes the use of renewable energies and works to ensure access to modern energy services across the food chain.
FAO seeks better economic opportunities for all by investing in sustainable agricultural practices and food systems that reduce inequalities and create decent jobs.
FAO seeks to secure a future for rural communities via investments in transportation, irrigation, food storage facilities and communication technologies.
FAO works with countries and partners to generate employment in rural areas, ensure access to natural resources for the most vulnerable and connect farmers to markets.
FAO works to improve urban healthcare, water quality and rethink city region food systems to help deter the negative effects of sprawling urbanisation.
FAO coordinates major global initiatives and projects to tackle food waste and loss, partnering with international organisations, the private sector and civil society.
FAO supports countries in responding to the threats of climate change by providing advice, data and tools for better agricultural policies and practices.
FAO, in partnership with governments and fishing communities, implements best practices in fisheries to ensure our oceans are protected as a means of livelihoods.
FAO promotes sustainable approaches to natural resource management and supports endeavours that promote a balance between conservation and development initiatives.
FAO plays a critical role in peacebuilding, restoring rural livelihoods, building resilience and participatory approaches to policymaking.
FAO acts as a neutral policymaking forum and develops partnerships with all concerned with food and agriculture to ensure a world free from hunger.
FAO works with governments and partners to empower some of the world’s most marginalized people to end rural poverty.
FAO helps ensure food security by developing ways of growing food that will work in the future so that millions of people don’t go hungry.
Good health starts with nutrition. FAO sets global standards and works with governments and the private sector to ensure food quality and safety throughout the food chain.
FAO invests in educational systems for rural communities and supports improved access to primary education and school meals in order to create equal opportunities for all and chances of lifelong learning.
FAO supports gender equality in the agricultural sector in an effort to raise levels of nutrition in local communities and improve agricultural productivity.
FAO works with governments to ensure water use in agriculture is made more efficient, equitable and environmentally friendly.
FAO promotes the use of renewable energies and works to ensure access to modern energy services across the food chain.
FAO seeks better economic opportunities for all by investing in sustainable agricultural practices and food systems that reduce inequalities and create decent jobs.
FAO seeks to secure a future for rural communities via investments in transportation, irrigation, food storage facilities and communication technologies.
FAO works with countries and partners to generate employment in rural areas, ensure access to natural resources for the most vulnerable and connect farmers to markets.
FAO works to improve urban healthcare, water quality and rethink city region food systems to help deter the negative effects of sprawling urbanisation.
FAO coordinates major global initiatives and projects to tackle food waste and loss, partnering with international organisations, the private sector and civil society.
FAO supports countries in responding to the threats of climate change by providing advice, data and tools for better agricultural policies and practices.
FAO, in partnership with governments and fishing communities, implements best practices in fisheries to ensure our oceans are protected as a means of livelihoods.
FAO promotes sustainable approaches to natural resource management and supports endeavours that promote a balance between conservation and development initiatives.
FAO plays a critical role in peacebuilding, restoring rural livelihoods, building resilience and participatory approaches to policymaking.
FAO acts as a neutral policymaking forum and develops partnerships with all concerned with food and agriculture to ensure a world free from hunger.
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.
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Investments that dare to solve the crisis of food insecurity
Crises of food insecurity are, in effect, crises of financing