The Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management is a forum for discussing fisheries management issues at national, regional and global levels. It deals with technical and policy matters in line with FAO's mission, and actively collaborates with relevant regional and international organizations, coun...

FAO's roadmap involves an extensive process that spans three years, starting with COP 28 in 2023. It commences with a global vision for what ails agrifood systems today and goes on to explore financing options for the actions required, before culminating in a discussion of how to attract concrete...

During the holidays, we spend more time with family and friends, cooking, exchanging gifts or travelling to meet loved ones. All of these actions can be done in a more sustainable way, respectful of ourselves, our cities and our planet.

Sustainability, in fact, goes beyond the environmen...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is deeply alarmed by the deteriorating food security situation in the Gaza Strip, where the entire population of about 2.2 million people is now facing acute hunger, according to a new 

Agrifood systems are invaluable to society. However, they also contribute to climate change and natural resource degradation while failing to provide healthy diets to all. Many of these impacts are not included in market prices and are thus hidden.

In 2023, FAO’s flagship publication “&n...

 "The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030", published today by The Food Systems Countdown to 2030 Initiative<...

From the oyster production in The Gambia to the tilapia farming in Zimbabwe, the December edition of the FISH4ACP’s virtual tour zoomed in on the essential contribution of aquatic food systems in feeding a growing global population while safeguarding the environment. 


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For the first time ever, all the Representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) across the world, including regional, subregional, country and liaison offices, gathered at FAO headquarters in Rome for a three-day conference to refresh, reboot and redirect wor...

As the lead specialized agency for food and agriculture, and thus a key player in disaster risk management in rural areas, FAO has joined the Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina programme...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked International Mountain Day 2023 with a high-level meeting at the 

In 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking a total of $1.8 billion within the Humanitarian Response Plans to assist 43 million people to produc...

Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiated the process for the development of a groundbreaking global roadmap aimed at eliminating hunger and all forms of malnutrition without exceeding the 1.5°C threshold set by the 

The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the government of Norway today announced a new five-year phase of the EAF-Nansen Programme at the 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed the UN's decision to designate 30 May as International Day of Potato, an opportunity to raise awareness of a crop regularly consumed by billions of people and of global importance for food security and nutrition.<...

It is imperative to chart pathways to lower the greenhouse gas emissions produced by the world’s livestock systems in the face of a growing global population and a projected 20 percent increase in demand for terrestrial animal products by 2050.

The benchmark for world food commodity prices were broadly stable in November, with lower international cereal quotations offset by higher prices of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

As part of this year's celebration of the World Soil Day, the Mission of Brazil to the European Union hosted a conference under the theme “Soil Health and Food Production: Research and Innovation bringing Brazil and the European Union closer together.” The conference highlighted the importance...