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UN agencies back bold plan to ensure every child in need gets a regular healthy meal in school by 2030
16/11/2021
Integrated school health and nutrition programmes can serve as “springboards” for agri-food systems transformation
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Seven reasons why pastoralism supports a better future
12/11/2021
This time-tested practice works with nature and offers numerous benefits
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World food import bill to reach a record high in 2021
11/11/2021
FAO’s new Food Outlook report examines drivers of rising prices of food commodities, freight and agricultural inputs.
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Food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could worsen in the coming months
10/11/2021
FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity.
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FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
09/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country.
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COP26: Urgent action is needed to make agriculture greener and more resilient
09/11/2021
FAO Director-General tells Glasgow conference time is running out to end hunger by 2030.
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COP26: Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation
08/11/2021
FAO Remote Sensing Survey reveals new findings.
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World food prices reach new peak since July 2011
04/11/2021
Global cereal production poised to hit an all-time high, stocks set to decline.
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An indispensable resource for everyone interested in food and agriculture
03/11/2021
FAO publishes 2021 edition of its World Food and Agriculture Statistical Yearbook.
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Ending child labour by 2025 requires effective action and strong leadership
02/11/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses Nov. 2-3 Global Solutions Forum on child labour.
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World Food Forum: Towards a better, youth-led food future
01/11/2021
Hear from the voices behind the first-of-its-kind movement conceived by and for global youth on the road towards a more sustainable and inclusive food future for all.
What is the World Food Forum (WFF) and how has it fostered a movement based on innovation, creativity, and collaboration in working to tackle the world’s...
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G20: Actions now to feed the world and save the planet, urges FAO
31/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses world leaders at G20 Summit.
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G20: Strengthening the link between food, health and finance sectors
29/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting.
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Meeting between the FAO Director-General and the United Nations Secretary-General
29/10/2021
The FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, today held fruitful discussions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on the side-lines of the G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government.
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Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts.
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Half of Afghanistan’s population face acute hunger as humanitarian needs grow to record levels
25/10/2021
UN appeals for urgent assistance as country becomes one of the world’s largest food crises.
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Animal disease threats: FAO launches new global information system
22/10/2021
EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks.
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FAO calls for greater RBA collaboration to implement UN Food System Summit outcomes
21/10/2021
FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, at the fifth informal joint meeting of the FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board.
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World map of salt-affected soils launched at virtual conference
20/10/2021
FAO Director-General opens Oct. 20-22 Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils.
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Public development banks: Part of the solution to ending hunger
19/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses Finance in Common summit in Rome, strengthens ties with Italy’s CDP.