FAO Director-General QU Dongyu became today one of the first signatories of a ethical resolution on Artificial Intelligence (AI) endorsed by Pope Francis, stressing the importance of minimizing this new technology's risks while exploiting its potential be

Speaking at the Human Rights Council’s High-level Panel on the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Conference and Platform for Action on women and girls, FAO Geneva Director, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett stated that gender equality is essential for attaining foo

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), following a high-level meeting on biodiversity - the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group established

FAO, OCHA, WFP conduct a joint briefing in Geneva to update Member States and other stakeholders on the humanitarian situation in Southern Africa and the desert locust situation in the Horn of Africa Following on the briefing held in Nairobi and at FAO h

FAO warns of an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods

The locust upsurge affecting East Africa is a graphic and shocking reminder of this region's vulnerability. This is a scourge of biblical proportions. Yet as ancient as this scourge is, its scale today is unprecedented in modern times.

On the occasion of the first Global Refugee Forum (GRF), FAO has renewed its commitment to the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) with nine pledges to help address the challenges faced by refugees and other persons of concerns to UNHCR FAO’s engagement on

The 7th session of the FAO Agriculture Trade Talks (FTT) was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva and discussed the linkages between agriculture and services trade and how could it enable new growth opportunities, particularly for developing countries a

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) came together to jointly organize a Conference focusing on the reduction of food loss and waste in the context of the 2030 Age

As part of Geneva Peace Week 2019, FAO, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Réseau Bilital Maroobé, and the Centre of Humanitarian Dialogue held an event titled: Sharing common goods for common benefits: Prevention of conflict over natural resources. Focu

Concluding a successful week of activities to commemorate  World Food Day 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), with the support and participation  

Geneva Central Train Station exhibit: a repeat success for FAO and partners FAO Geneva, the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG) and the Partage Foundation (Geneva Food Bank) for the second year, hosted a World Food Day exhibition at Geneva’s cent

The FAO Office in Geneva kicked off its World Food Day commemoration activities with an interactive session with Year-6 students of the International School of Geneva on 14 October 2019. Director of FAO Office in Geneva, Ms Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett spoke

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized, in collaboration with partners, three sessions during the WTO Public Forum 2019, under the theme “Trading Forward: Adapting to a Changing World”, which is an annual flagship even

Nature-based solutions for resilience building, including sustainable agriculture and food systems The United Nations General Assembly designated 13 October as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) to promote a culture of disaster risk re

FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu concluded a very successful two days mission to Geneva with a visit and meeting with the FAO Geneva team. The DG encouraged the FAO Geneva team to continue the important work  with partners towards achieving the Sustainable

Geneva. The Food and Agriculture Organization Liaison Office in Geneva (FAO Geneva) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), co-organized the Geneva launch of the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF), in partnership with th

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Kuwait consolidate their partnership to improve the food security situation of conflict-affected populations in Yemen. During a bilateral meeting that was held this m

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 (SOFI 2019) was presented today to a Geneva audience by FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP)

  It is estimated that there are more than 370 million Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Over the centuries they have adapted to different environments by establishing livelihoods in close relationship with the natural environment, developing highly speciali