High yield losses. Fast spreading speed. Dramatically, no eradication tool. Fusarium oxysporum TR4 threatens bananas and plantains worldwide. Grown in 135 countries globally, where more than 400 million people depend on them for food security, bananas account for USD 10 billion in gl...

The 2024 edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, to be officially launched on July 24, takes a deep dive into salient themes regarding financing for development, in particular financing for food security and nutrition to meet the targets of Sustainable Deve...

It's the start of the agricultural season in northern Togo: the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (MAEDR), with funding from the European Union (EU), ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the United Nations Emergency Technical Teams (UNETT), is deployed in the areas affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean to advance rapid needs assessment and preparation of proposals, under the leadership of the ...

New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with high reliance on aquatic foods, according to a report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...

In the heart of the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Nergui Ochirbat tends to his herd of 30 Bactrian camels. He has been rearing camels for over 30 years, having inherited a few from his parents.

"Camels are quite resilient and docile creatures that require little to no oversight," Nergui expla...

Rome – The 36th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI36) began today at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome.

The Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is the l...

The Committee on Fisheries (COFI), a subsidiary body of the FAO Council, was established by the FAO Conference in 1965.

It is the only global inter-governmental forum where FAO Members meet to consider the issues related to fisheries and aquaculture.

COFI is a unique body in that i...

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decrease in those for cereals, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

In the heart of Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, one of the most affected governorates by the ISIL’s takeover, a transformative project named "Support to Agricultural Livelihoods of Rural and Peri-urban Returnees and Communities" took root, leaving behind a legacy of empowerment and sustainability l...

Paris/Rome – Emerging economies have increasingly driven global agricultural market developments over the last 20 years and are projected to continue to do so over the next decade, but with regional shifts linked to changing demographics and new economic affluence, according to a report rele...

Joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP News Release

Rome/New York - Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn the heads of three United Nations agencies.&nbs...

Rome/Brussels - The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded on Thursday the Third Monitoring Meeting for the EU-FAO Strategic Dialogue with a call to scale up efforts to transform agrifood systems to make them more efficient, inc...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week helped 28 countries to unlock $70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, gro...

Toubacouta, Senegal – 20 June 2024 – In the middle of the Néma Bah oyster farm, Gnima Diouf was busy with the latest adjustments. Together with her colleagues, this young lady, an oyster farmer and Secretary General of the ‘Yoni Diofor’ Economic Interest Group (EIG), was preparing for the...