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FAO Brief - 15 July 2024
15/07/2024
In this episode, experts and policymakers call to reinforce the vital role of fisheries and aquaculture in tackling food insecurity at FAO’s Headquarters; a new report reveals emerging economies will drive agricultural markets in the next decade; and the Food Price Index stable.
FAO Brief - 1 July 2024
01/07/2024
In this episode, FAO warns of high famine risk in Gaza with 1 in 5 Gazans facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity; FAO and the European Union convened in Rome to transforming agrifood systems; and the Global Environment Facility approved $70 million for FAO projects.
SOFIA report 2024: Aquaculture has surpassed capture fisheries
07/06/2024
In this FAO Talks, Manuel Barange, Assistant Director-General and Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division at FAO, discusses the latest findings and trends in the aquatic sector and its role for food security and nutrition.
FAO Brief - 3 June 2024
03/06/2024
In this episode, food insecurity in Haiti deteriorates due to economic setbacks, below-average agricultural production, and escalating violence; FAO wins the King Hassan II Great World Water Prize; and the launch an updated action plan for mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors.
FAO Brief - 20 May 2024
20/05/2024
In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the SDGs in the Regional Conference for Europe; and FAO’s environment and climate monitoring portal Earth Map receives the Google impact award.
Women vaccinators: driving changes in rural Bangladesh
15/05/2024
In rural Bangladesh, 75% of farmers rear poultry in their backyards, mainly women. However, this vital income and protein source faces threats from emerging diseases. In response, FAO implemented the Upazila to Community program. This ongoing initiative trains female farmers as poultry vaccinators, empowering them with independence and skills.
FAO Brief - Food crises, maize shortfall, and FPI
06/05/2024
In this episode, over 282 million people in 59 countries suffered acute food insecurity in 2023, according to the Global Report on Food Crises; FAO warns about the food insecurity threat in Southern Africa posed by a foreseen shortfall in maize production; and the Food Price Index increases marginally in April, driven by higher meat prices.
FAO Brief - Sudan, ARC33, and tackling plant pests
22/04/2024
In this episode, FAO calls for more funding for farmers in Sudan to prevent the escalation of the hunger crisis; FAO’s Director-General emphasised Africa’s potential for development at the FAO’s Regional Conference that took place in Morocco, and the governing body of the International Plant Protection Convention met to define strategies to curb pests and diseases amid climate crisis.
FAO Brief - Gaza, Sudan, and FPI
08/04/2024
In this episode, FAO is distributing fodder to vulnerable families in Gaza to enhance food production to alleviate the catastrophic food security situation; FAO calls for urgent action to prevent the hunger crisis in Sudan from further escalating, and the Food Price Index, after seven months of decline, ticks up in March.
FAO Brief - 22 March 2024
22/03/2024
In this episode, FAO urges immediate humanitarian access amid projected famine in Gaza, FAO launches a new tool in partnership with Google to monitor and protect forests, and looking ahead to the role of Latin America and the Caribbean in global food security despite challenges.
Why rural women pay the highest price of the climate crisis
06/03/2024
Climate change disproportionately impacts women farmers in low- and middle-income countries, causing billions of dollars of losses among female-headed farming households. This is the main finding of FAO's "The Unjust Climate" report, explains in this interview Lauren Phillips, Deputy Director of the FAO Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division.
FAO Brief - 23 February 2024
23/02/2024
In this episode: the latest on acute food insecurity in Somalia; the Global Environment Facility approves a series of new FAO-led environmental projects; and looking ahead to food and climate challenges in the Asia-Pacific region.
Conflict and climate change require collective action to address food insecurity
16/02/2024
Conflict and hunger are inextricably linked to one another. Conflict often leads to severe humanitarian crises, resulting in heightened levels of hunger in specific regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges, explains Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director-General, in this interview.
FAO Talks: Interview with Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol
14/02/2024
Conflict and hunger are inextricably linked to one another. Conflict often leads to severe humanitarian crises, resulting in heightened levels of hunger in specific regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) plays a crucial role in addressing these challenges, explains Beth Bechdol, FAO Deputy Director-General, in this interview.
FAO Brief - 12 February 2024
12/02/2024
In this episode, the Food Price Index shows a continued decline in food commodity prices; how FAO is working towards a future for female statisticians in West Africa, and a new interactive portal in FAOSTAT.
FAO Brief - 26 January 2024
26/01/2024
In this episode, agriculture’s potential for positive climate action; a tool to stabilize food prices and commodity markets in an era of volatility; and a new entity to help manage the world’s aquatic resources.
FAO Brief -12 January 2024
12/01/2024
In this episode: FAO calls for urgent action on food insecurity in the Gaza Strip; the FAO Food Price Index follows a food commodity price drop in 2023; and a conference to address the high number of fatalities in fisheries.
FAO Brief - 22 December 2023
22/12/2023
In this podcast, our last one for the year, we are offering a glimpse into FAO's activities and advocacy through the eyes of those who manage them in more than 130 countries around the world.
FAO Brief - 15 December 2023
15/12/2023
In this episode, FAO unveils a 'Global Roadmap to Achieve Zero Hunger' within 1.5°C limits; an updated FAO global livestock assessment maps a pathway to lowering greenhouse gas emissions; and the latest Food Price Index.
How agrifood system solutions shape the climate change agenda
27/11/2023
Ahead of the UN Climate Conference, COP28, we spoke with Kaveh Zahedi, the director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Environment – about the particular role of agrifood systems – as part of the problem, and as a driving force for solutions.