A mix of responses needed to address impacts of still-high world food prices, FAO says
13/10/2022
At a UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee side event, the Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York, QU Guangzhou, called for a policy mix to ensure food access and availability in months ahead.
Today’s side event ‘The role of trade and logistics in getting food...
FAO presents reports of the Secretary-General at GA Second Committee
12/10/2022
UN committee discusses agriculture, food security and nutrition, rural poverty eradication, combatting sand and dust storms, and sustainable mountain development.
FAO Chief Economist, Maximo Torero Cullen, addressed the Second Committee today, presenting recommendations on how to advance sustainable agriculture development, food security and nutrition, and efforts to eradicate rural poverty, when introducing two...
FAO ready to help map a pathway out of global food crisis
11/10/2022
Director-General addresses G20 Joint Finance and Agriculture Ministers Meeting.
FAO Food Price Index drops for the sixth consecutive month
07/10/2022
Prices of vegetable oils lead the decline in September.
International food prices fall, but food access in vulnerable countries remains a concern
07/10/2022
At a press briefing today from New York, journalists heard from Máximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist, who spoke on the Food Price Index update for September and its implications for world food commodity markets ahead.
The FAO Food Price Index, the gauge for world food commodity prices, saw its sixth monthly decline in a...
How sustainable forest management can enhance the world’s biodiversity
06/10/2022
New report includes case studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and the United Kingdom.
Bioeconomy: FAO is at the forefront of global efforts to promote sustainable food and agriculture
06/10/2022
Director-General QU Dongyu addresses EU Bioeconomy Conference on 10th anniversary of strategy launch.
Youth must be given the skills to shape evolving forestry sector, FAO Director-General says
05/10/2022
Investing in a sustainable future means investing in youth.
Consumption of primary processed wood products predicted to grow 37 percent by 2050
04/10/2022
FAO publishes Global forest sector outlook 2050.
The world must halt deforestation and use forests sustainably, FAO Director-General says
03/10/2022
The 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry opens.
Tackling food loss and waste: A triple win opportunity
29/09/2022
FAO and UNEP issue call for action on International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and waste.
G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting: Stop a food access crisis from turning into a food availability crisis, FAO says
28/09/2022
Director-General QU Dongyu urges peace, warns of devastating implications of soaring food and fertilizer prices.
Reducing food loss and waste central to tackling climate change, food insecurity and to making more efficient use of our natural resources
28/09/2022
Interview with Rosa Rolle, FAO Team Leader, Food Losses and Waste.
G20 meeting: Digitalization is a big opportunity for women and youth in rural areas, says FAO
27/09/2022
FAO Director-General emphasizes the role of digital public goods.
FAO and Slow Food renew collaboration to improve smallholder livelihoods
23/09/2022
Partnership will support vulnerable mountain and island communities and promote practices that safeguard biodiversity.
From data to drops: Optimizing water use is key for agrifood systems
22/09/2022
FAO Director-General addresses water conference on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
Second Joint Statement by the Heads of FAO, IMF, WBG, WFP, and WTO on the Global Food Security and Nutrition Crisis
21/09/2022
A joint call for urgent action to address the global food security crisis.
With drought decimating livelihoods, agriculture must be at core of humanitarian response
21/09/2022
FAO Deputy Director-General, Laurent Thomas, spoke today at a high-level event on responding to the urgent humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-level Week.
At today’s high-level event on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa, co-hosted by the Governments...
Food crisis tightens its grip on 19 ‘hunger hotspots’ as famine looms in the Horn of Africa – new report
21/09/2022
Rising conflict, weather extremes, and economic instability aggravated by the lingering impacts of COVID-19 and the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are among the key drivers.
Agrifood systems transformation can help resolve Latin America’s food “paradox"
20/09/2022
Inclusive and sustainable development needed, FAO Director-General tells CAF Development Bank of Latin America.