Academia and research institutions, as innovation and knowledge hubs, are crucial partners for FAO in achieving the organization’s strategic priorities and in the realization of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. On...

“When you own the land, you have a responsibility to take care of it, to ensure that your family benefits from it. Not only that. Land ownership secures your children...

Achieving development through knowledge acquisition, that is where the FAO elearning Academy plays a central role in the Organization's strategy to provide learning opportunities and multilingual e-learning courses for professionals...

The Sahel is a region full of potential – with tremendous human capital, rich natural resources and substantial renewal energy opportunities. However, the region is plagued by insecurity that continues...

 In the run-up to the European Union–African Union summit, FAO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) co-organized an event that zoomed in on the close links between rural development...

At the invitation of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which took office on 1 January, FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji briefed delegates of the European...

Throughout human history, oceans have provided food and livelihoods for people on the planet. In more recent times, consumption of aquatic foods has grown at twice the rate of population...

Ahead of the European Union– African Union Summit, held 17–18 February, a high-level pre-summit meeting was hosted by the European Parliament delegation for relations with the Pan African Parliament (DPAP). The...

The new annual Awards acknowledge progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Awards are open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations, academia or private sector leaders across the world. ...

This animation tells the story of Leo and Barbara and the communities they are working with to achieve sustainable wildlife management. The animation was inspired by six key elements needed...

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York together with the FAO Office of SIDS, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries jointly organized the First FAO Global...

The massive volcanic eruption and tsunami in Tonga last month, followed by last week’s earthquake and aftershocks, have highlighted the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), a global meeting...

Rome/Berlin - Reversing soil degradation is vital if we want to feed a growing global population, protect biodiversity and help address the planet’s climate crisis, the Director-General of the Food and...

You joined FAO less than a year ago to become Director of the Office of Sustainable Development Goals, an office newly created by the FAO Director-General. Why this office and why...

“We are now at an exciting and critical stage in the implementation of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme.The four SWM Programme partners are working together to complete studies, draw...

Now in its third year, the Programme for Support to Rural Entrepreneurship, Investment and Trade in Papua New Guinea (EU-STREIT PNG) is stepping up efforts in 2022 to increase sustainable...

Recognizing the importance of the small-scale fisheries and aquaculture sectoras a sustainable source of healthy and nutritious food, the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022 as the International Year...

The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector accounts for around 20-25% of global anthropogenic emissions, and is currently one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases. It also...

To coincide with the publication of the results of the global Food System Assessment (FSA) undertaken by the European Union, FAO and the agricultural research centre for international development (CIRAD)...

A joint initiative by the FAO Liaison Offices in New York, Geneva and Brussels Brussels to engage the diplomatic community and partners Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share similar sustainable development...