Director-General QU Dongyu announces series of initiatives following global livestock conference

Special event at FAO headquarters marks the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2025

Director-General QU Dongyu says the adoption of good practices holds the key to achieving sustainability

Collaboration pieces on show at Milan Fashion Week

FAO is the custodian of 22 Sustainable Development Goals indicators

BBNJ Agreement will enter into force in January

Sports, culture and policy converge at UNGA80 to highlight the role of young people in transforming agrifood systems

Director-General presents The Financing for Shock-Driven Food Crisis Facility during United Nations General Assembly

On 19 September 2025, FAO and the World Trade Organization (WTO) held their first Annual Partnership Review Meeting in Geneva meeting to reaffirm their shared commitment to advancing multilateral cooperation at the intersection of trade, agriculture, and sustainable development.

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses G20 Agriculture Working Group Ministerial Meeting in South Africa

Cash, seeds, fodder, and training will save lives and help communities rebuild livelihoods

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the Youth Chapter of the World Food Forum’s Global Youth Action Initiative in Switzerland.

At the World Trade Organization Public Forum, FAO and IPPC champion the ePhyto Solution, a paperless, borderless system transforming trade in plants and plant products

Four-month emergency response effort aims to curb transboundary and zoonotic diseases, strengthen livelihoods, ease the food crisis and revive the ailing economy

Landmark agreement complements FAO’s instruments to promote sustainability and combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing

The hybrid briefing, held under the title “Refugee Programmes Under Pressure: Addressing Forced Displacement and Food Insecurity,” took place ahead of the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review and called for urgent, dignified, and sustained action. 

The event highlighted the Right to Food as a legal and policy tool to drive better nutrition, particularly for vulnerable populations. 

Throughout July and August 2025, FAO actively contributed to key trade-focused discussions and events, providing valuable insights and updates on agricultural and fisheries trade, food security, and sustainable development.   

Recent outbreaks highlight the urgent need for coordinated global action to combat a virus threatening animal health, livelihoods, and pandemic preparedness