News
“We risk a catastrophe if agriculture collapses in Afghanistan”
11/11/2021
Richard Trenchard, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Representative in Kabul, calls for urgent action to prevent a worsening crisis
Food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could worsen in the coming months
10/11/2021
FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity
FAO and USAID support the Lao People's Democratic Republic to tackle emerging zoonotic diseases
10/11/2021
The four-year project aims to help the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Department of Livestock and Fisheries (DLF) in prevention.
FAO supports agri-food cooperatives bringing together Syrian and Turkish women
10/11/2021
FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Government of Japan, support agri-food cooperatives bringing together Syrian and Turkish women
FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
04/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country
FAO provides conditional cash grants to vulnerable farmers in Rakhine State
04/11/2021
In September 2021, FAO concluded the provision of conditional cash transfers to 450 households across 16 villages in Maungdaw and Buthidaung Townships in Rakhine State
Japan and FAO sign a project agreement to enhance the food security and nutrition of vulnerable families in Yemen
29/10/2021
On 29 October 2021, Japan signed an agreement with FAO to contribute USD 7 million (JPY 771 000 000) to enhance the food security and nutrition of vulnerable internally displaced, agro-pastoral and pastoral families in Yemen
Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts
ASEAN-Australia-FAO strengthening regional coordination to avert pandemics of animal origin
27/10/2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for better coordination to address and minimise negative impacts of emerging infectious diseases
FAO introduces new radio programme on Climate-Smart Agriculture
26/10/2021
Episodes in the programme to focus on the impact of climate change on food security