The Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva, Mr Dominique Burgeon, represented FAO at the BIS 92nd Annual General Meeting held in Basel on 25 and 26 June. The event included a panel discussion on policy approaches to climate-r

Agroecology and its principles are increasingly recognized as a promising pathway for providing sustainable solutions to the issues of food security and nutrition, the fight against poverty and social inequalities, the adaptation to climate change, the pr

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) are organizing a series of Nutrition Dialogues in collaboration with the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels to share experiences and practical insights on how intervening in agrifood s

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place in Geneva on 12-17 June. Ministers concluded a package of agreements and declarations, the so-called “Geneva Package.” Most notably, they concluded an agreement on Fisherie

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FAO Council endorses new 10-year strategies on Climate Change and on Science and Innovation

Mr Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nation in Geneva (LOG) delivered a keynote speech at the first edition of the INNOFOOD & Co 2022, organized on 14 June by Cluster Food & Nutrition in Bulle, Switzerland. The

Research and farming institutions from Brazil, the Netherlands and Zimbabwe win FAO Awards

Afghanistan: FAO and the World Bank step up their response to the worsening food security

Launch of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022

FAO Council gathers to review plans and progress

Check out our FAO in Geneva Newsletter - May 2022 edition!

World's primary forum for fisheries and aquaculture meets for first time since pandemic

New UN Food Outlook report: World’s most vulnerable are paying more for less food

FAO and WFP warn of looming widespread food crisis as hunger threatens stability in dozens of countries

On 8 June, FAO and WFP organised a joint briefing on the FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspots Report. The briefing also included a brief update on the food security situation in the Horn of Africa and Sahel.  CILSS and IGAD completed the presentation given by the two

Mediterranean Dialogue on Food Crisis: Conflict bolsters the case for transforming agrifood systems

As rains fail again, catastrophic hunger looms over Somalia

WHO and FAO celebrate the fourth annual World Food Safety Day on Zoom 

Organized by FAO in Geneva with UNEP, WHO, and WOAH (founded as OIE), the One Health Dialogue Series is undertaken in support of FAO’s strategic framework in general and its One Health Program Priority Area (PPA - BP3) in particular. It aims to increase