Livestock: New Sub-Committee offers new policy pathways
16/03/2022
FAO Members, UN agencies and other organizations will identify and discuss major trends and issues of a critical sector.
Conflict in Ukraine: likely to impact global agricultural markets and food security
16/03/2022
The FAO Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, briefed journalists virtually in New York on an FAO report on Ukraine and the Russian Federation and what the current conflict means for global food markets.
Briefing journalists virtually in New York today was FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero, who shared latest updates and priority lines...
Empowering rural women: UN joint programme’s new phase to target countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific
16/03/2022
Supported by Norway and Sweden, the programme was first launched in 2014.
Underwater noise pollution: a transboundary source of pollution detrimental to fish and marine-based livelihoods
15/03/2022
FAO and partners are expanding the evidence base on the impact of anthropogenic underwater noise in marine ecosystems, the interruption of which can have grave socioeconomic implications.
Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction cover about 64 percent of total ocean surface area. They are crucial to providing ecosystem services, such as climate...
UN names 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
15/03/2022
FAO to be lead agency on initiative to raise awareness on importance of pastoralists and rangelands.
Stepping up One Health action under FAO’s stewardship as chair of Tripartite Secretariat
15/03/2022
A coordinated approach to human, animal, plant and environmental health made more urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yemen: Acute hunger at unprecedented levels as funding dries up
14/03/2022
Read the joint FAO-UNICEF-WFP Press Release.
FAO Director-General addresses G7 Agriculture Ministers on Global Food Markets and Prices
11/03/2022
Access the presentation by the Director-General, Qu Dongyu.
Historic FAO Regional Conference concludes in Asia and the Pacific
11/03/2022
Ministers forge consensus on upscaling digitalization of agriculture, greater mitigation efforts against climate crisis and tackling animal, pest diseases.
New scenarios on global food security based on Russia-Ukraine conflict
11/03/2022
Qu Dongyu, Director-General of FAO, on core risk factors identified and policy recommendations.
African agriculture’s digital revolution: UN report pinpoints main obstacles and opportunities
10/03/2022
New FAO and ITU study highlights the benefits from the use of digital technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Asia-Pacific countries discuss ways of improving nutrition, lives, livelihoods in the wake of the global pandemic
10/03/2022
FAO Regional Conference focuses on innovation and digitalization to tackle crop and livestock diseases as well as build resilience to climate and weather-related threats.
Ukraine: FAO scales up to support rural families, safeguard food security
10/03/2022
Team on ground regrouped; strengthened with surge personnel; Declaration of corporate scale-up response.
To avert a hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa, support to agriculture is vital
09/03/2022
The Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York, QU Guangzhou, spoke today at a briefing to Member States on the recurrent drought and rising humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa.
At today’s virtual briefing from New York on the drought in the Horn of Africa, the Director...
UN food agencies call for climate adaptation solutions that include women and girls
08/03/2022
Read the joint FAO-IFAD-WFP News Release on International Women’s Day.
Supporting Small Island Developing States for a sustainable future
07/03/2022
FAO Director-General starts two-day visit to Maldives, as innovation and digitalization in SIDS countries are a key focus of FAO’s work.
New FAO report highlights possible benefits and risks associated with tomorrow’s food
07/03/2022
Foresight study dives into the potential advantages and concerns around new foods, new technologies and much more.
FAO Food Price Index rises to record high in February
04/03/2022
Vegetable oils and dairy products lead the increase, while early forecasts point to strong prospects for maize and wheat in the year ahead.
Ukraine: UN appeal includes $183.5 million for urgent food and agricultural livelihoods assistance
02/03/2022
FAO Director-General highlights need to safeguard access to food, reinforce food security.
World leaders and experts call for action to protect the environment from antimicrobial pollution
02/03/2022
Reducing antimicrobial waste is critical to combatting rising levels of drug resistance and protecting the environment.