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Global Environment Facility approves over $46.6 million to support FAO-led projects
17/06/2021
Eight countries will benefit from projects designed to support climate resilience and biodiversity, and combat land degradation and unsustainable fishing
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Well-nourished land and healthy ecosystems for a food secure planet
16/06/2021
FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo participated at the UN General Assembly High-Level Debate on Land Degradation, Desertification and Drought, a multi-stakeholder platform aiming to elevate the discourse on the linkages between land action and inclusive, resilient and sustainable development
New York, 14 June 2021 – Unsustainable soil management practices, biodiversity loss...
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Bill Gates highlights role of data and technology to end hunger at FAO Conference
15/06/2021
Philanthropist delivered biennial McDougall Memorial Lecture
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Live from South Sudan, FAO shares insights behind its work for Zero Hunger
14/06/2021
Kicking off its Summer Series dialogue sessions on food systems, the UN Association of New York convened a digital dialogue with the Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) working for Zero Hunger and food security, with FAO’s Representative in South Sudan sharing milestones and challenges from a country-level context
New York, 10 June 2021 –...
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First virtual FAO Conference kicks off with renewed calls for rebuilding a better world
14/06/2021
FAO Members are set to approve the new Strategic Framework for the next decade
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Child labour in agriculture is on the rise again, with further deterioration foreseen due to COVID-19
11/06/2021
Ahead of World Day Against Child Labour, FAO calls for this scourge to be tackled through the transformation of agri-food systems
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Pivoting innovation and cooperation for inclusive and resilient post-pandemic recovery
11/06/2021
FAO served as the lead entity for the third and final UN ECOSOC Integration Dialogue, where exchanges on catalysing an inclusive post-pandemic recovery included calls for agri-food systems transformation, green recovery, climate resilience, robust social policies and science and data‑led innovations
New York, 10 June 2021 – As part of the preparatory process...
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UN agencies concerned by looming famine in northern Ethiopia, call for urgent life-saving action to avert it
10/06/2021
Over 350 000 people already face catastrophic conditions in Tigray
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Global food trade is buoyant, as are prices
10/06/2021
FAO’s new Food Outlook report tracks the risks associated with rising import bills amid broad upswing in prices
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Food safety is everyone’s business
08/06/2021
FAO and WHO join together to celebrate science and encourage action on World Food Safety Day
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Today is World Food Safety Day
07/06/2021
Food safety saves lives. Let's save food now for a healthy tomorrow. Find out more.
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Recreate, Re-imagine, Restore! UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration kicks off
07/06/2021
Leaders gathered at virtual global gala calling for #GenerationRestoration
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Worsening soil pollution threatens future food production and ecosystems, FAO-UNEP
04/06/2021
Joint report reveals soil pollution as one of the world’s major challenges for ecosystem restoration
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Four reasons illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing affects us and what we can do about it
04/06/2021
Putting the “I” and “U” in IUU
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Driving positive momentum and collective action on SDG14: Life below water
03/06/2021
FAO’s Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, spoke today at a UN General Assembly high-level thematic debate on the ocean, where the importance of fisheries and aquaculture featured widely in talks about food security and agri-food systems transformation to achieve the 2030 Agenda and SDG14
New York, 1 June 2021 – With minds focused...
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Global food prices rise at rapid pace in May
03/06/2021
FAO Food Price Index posts fastest monthly increase to reach highest value since September 2011
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UN urges intense restoration of nature to address climate and biodiversity crises
03/06/2021
Call for action to meet commitments to restore one billion hectares of land
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Climate change fans spread of pests and threatens plants and crops, new FAO study
02/06/2021
Pests destroy up to 40 percent of global crops and cost $220 billion of losses
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Addressing hunger is the “foundation for stability and peace”
02/06/2021
FAO's Director-General highlights the links between conflict and food security in event hosted by the Vatican
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Launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration - 4 June
02/06/2021
The Decade is a global rallying cry to heal our planet. Find out what you can do.