Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019

Southeast Asia attracts billions of dollars a year in investment in the food, agriculture, and forestry sectors. This investment is crucial for food security and poverty alleviation, but to generate long-term sustainable benefits, such investment needs to be responsible. This is a key message ...

Hospitable habit for marsh clams in Seomjingang River Estuary designated as latest GIAHS.

Three new GIAHS sites in Asia announced, highlighting importance of building resilience, harnessing local biodiversity and tackling food security

Overwhelming support confirms second term as head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

High-Level Ministerial Event hosted by FAO promotes the sharing of experiences and ways forward through innovation and broader cooperation

GEF-funded regional programme with country projects in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Papua New Guinea, and Thailand will deliver benefits to nature, climate, and people

South Asia's Chief Veterinary Officers and regional and global animal health experts have vowed to strengthen regional coordination for sustainable transboundary animal diseases (TADs) prevention, control and eradication. During the First South Asia TADs Coordination Meeting, organized by the ...

The Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission (APFIC), has concluded its 37^th Session with reviews and recommendations on aquaculture and capture fisheries regarding the world’s largest regional fishing industry, which feeds hundreds of millions of people and provides sustainable livelih...

FAO launches Climate-Smart Agriculture and Resilient School Garden Project in Navesau Adventist High School

Joint FAO-WFP News Release

FAO awards 24 systems in 12 countries, as immersive experience showcases GIAHS’ role

Expert articles cover key themes for an expanding sector already playing a major role in meeting the world’s nutritional needs

The Government of Nepal today launched a series of programmatic frameworks in the food and agriculture sectors that will help the country transform its agrifood systems, making them more resilient and sustainable for the benefit of all people in Nepal, the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned of a large-scale outbreak of the Moroccan Locust across eight provinces in North and Northeast Afghanistan, the country's wheat basket.

The sightings of locust at different development stages have been made in ...

In response to the recent outbreaks in Indonesia of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) and Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) among livestock, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Australian Government are collaborating to support the Indonesian government in containing an...

$5 million from FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme will assist in building more resilient agrifood systems

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pacific Community (SPC) have pledged to collaborate on a ten-year plan, the Pacific Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Fisheries Statistics (P-SPAFS) which aims at strengthening the collection and dissemination of statis...

This includes $10 million to safeguard rural livelihoods and provide emergency seed support to smallholder farmers in Ukraine

In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has opened a new Representation Office in the Cambodian capital to build on its long history of cooperation, FAO announced today.

Cambodia ...