Join us for the World Food Safety Day 2022 celebrations panel discussion under the theme “Safer food, better health”. - Tuesday, 

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World Environment Day on 5 June: Open Letter by QU DONGYU, FAO Director-General

As we mark two years of our FAO Geneva newsletter, we wish to take this opportunity to thank you all for the great support and interest in this journey to bring FAO closer to you all! We hope the information we regularly share in these newsletters has bee

International Day on the fight against IUU fishing | 5 June

FAO Food Price Index dips in May

Digital trade tools are making considerable inroads in reshaping how agrifood trade transactions are executed. Many of which provide opportunities to lower costs, reduce friction, and overall strengthen efficiency and transparency in trade. FAO held a web

The second convening of the Champions of Peace & Health occurred on 29 April, co-chaired by H.E. Ambassador Simon Manley, the UK Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization, United Nations, and other International Organizations in Geneva,

The Sudan: FAO scales up response to soaring acute food insecurity exacerbated by potential impacts of the war in Ukraine

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu’s keynote speech to World Potato Congress in Ireland points to seeds, yields and poverty reduction

The FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva will organize on 13 June 2022 the fifth session of its One Health Dialogue Series on the theme "Workforce Development and Strengthening Health Systems," in partnership with the other quadripartite o

Diarmuid Gavin named FAO Goodwill Ambassador for Ireland

Celebrate World Food Safety Day! “Safer food, better health” You are invited to join a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday 7 June at 14:00-15:00 CEST The event will include: Welcome messages from the WHO Director-General and FAO Director-General A Q&

Globally, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) represent over 66 percent of countries with the highest relative annual losses due to disasters. Due to their small economies and particular geography, SIDS are extremely vulnerable to disasters. This devast

FAO Statement - SEVENTY-FIFTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY 22–28 May 2022  General Discussion, 24 May 2022 (pre-recorded Statement by Mr. Dominique Burgeon, Director, FAO Liaison Office with the UN in Geneva) Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, It is a

Anthea Webb, Deputy Regional Director for Asia at the World Food Programme (WFP), speaking from Bangkok, and Richard Trenchard, Representative in Afghanistan for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), speaking from Kabul, briefed Geneva press corps

The discussion on agenda item 16.2, Strengthening WHO preparedness for and response to health emergencies at Committee A of the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly (WHA75) occurred on 24 May, which focused on document A75/17, the final report submitted by

International Tea Day 2022: FAO underlines the need for greater sustainability

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Time to transform agrifood systems in response to multiple shocks and worsening food security