Geneva - The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) is an annual humanitarian conference, one of the largest events of its kind, that brings together practitioners and experts from various humanitarian stakeholders, including UN agencies, NGOs

FAO Council begins, Members discuss the Organization’s Programme of Work and Budget 2024-25

Geneva, Switzerland - The Environment Management Group (EMG), together with UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and FAO, organized a Nexus Dialogue on Sustainable Nitrogen Management at the International Environment House in Geneva, Switzerland. This dialogue

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) organized the seventh issue of the FAO in Geneva Nutrition Dialogue Series on “Advancing Human and Planetary Health: Enabling Healthy Diets and Addressing Climate Change”.

Boosting Small Island Developing States’ ability to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Crop seeds return from space in IAEA/FAO project to help feed a warming world

Geneva - Upali Galketi Aratchilage, FAO Senior Economist at the Markets and Trade Division, addressed the Geneva press corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for March 2023 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Inf

Geneva – FAO participated in the 52nd Session of the Human Rights Council that took place in Geneva from 27 February to 4 April 2023 and contributed to several events. During the session, the Council held various thematic discussions, including on the ri

Sustainable development is a pressing issue that requires global attention. To ensure that no one is left behind, it is essential that agrifood systems be made more sustainable, equitable and resilient.

Rome - Around 1.23 billion people were employed in the world’s agrifood systems in 2019, and more than three times that figure, or almost half the world’s population, live in households linked to agrifood systems, according to new research by the Food and

LOGin is a feature interview series regularly organized by the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG). Through LOGin, we meet with FAO’s core leadership and discuss a corporate initiative. As the first edition, we talked with Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economis

On first-ever International Day of Zero Waste, FAO puts the spotlight on bioeconomy

Iraq: Safety, credit and opportunities are all key for displaced farmers to return home

Quadripartite call to action for One Health for a safer world

Geneva – Osama El-Lissy, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) addressed the Geneva press corps on the current global problem of plant pests and the devastating impact on food security at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized b

FAO welcomes the outcomes of UN 2023 Water Conference

Viorel Gutu, FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in Türkiye, addressed the Geneva press corp on the initial assessment on the impact of the earthquakes on agrifood systems in Türkiye at the Biweekly Press Briefing organize

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the FAO Markets and Trade Division, organized another session of Agricultural Trade Talks on responsible sourcing and agricultural supply chains. The session brought together various stakeho

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) held the third session of the Social Protection Dialogue Series. The session aimed to raise awareness on why and how social protection ca

Brussels, Geneva and New York – The rethinking of food and agriculture and the necessary sector transformations we need moving forward must take into consideration the implementation of the closely interlinked climate change and biodiversity outcomes from