FAO Brief - 25 November 2024

25/11/2024

In this episode: FAO urges all its members and partners to join the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 Summit; together with Azerbaijan’s government, FAO launches the Baku Harmoniya Climate Initiative for Farmers at the UN Climate Summit; and FAO presents an IT Platform to track Antimicrobial Resistance.

Cabo Verde strengthens climate resilience through South-South Cooperation

18/11/2024

Confronted with the severe impacts of climate change and prolonged droughts, Cabo Verde’s agricultural sector is under growing pressure. Through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation project, a team of Chinese experts was deployed to Cabo Verde to share essential expertise with farmers and livestock producers.

FAO Brief - 14 October 2024

14/10/2024

In this episode, FAO hosts the fourth edition of the World Food Forum, the largest annual gathering of agrifood systems stakeholders globally in Rome, Italy from 14 to 18 October ; new Geospatial data produced by FAO and the United Nations Satellite Centre shows intensifying damage to Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure from the ongoing conflict; and the Food Price Index rises in September.

The capacity to eliminate hunger

04/09/2024

John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America at the World Food Congress on 4 June 1963.

FAO Brief - 17 June 2024

17/06/2024

In this episode, a new UN report urges immediate action to prevent famine in Gaza and the Sudan; world fisheries and aquaculture production reaches a new record high; and the Food Price Index slightly increased in May, driven by cereals and dairy prices.