Calls for transformative change at 2nd International Agroecology Symposium in Rome

124 million people in 51 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity, warns new report

New FAO study urges avoiding "mutual aggravation" of links between water scarcity and migration

Representatives of governments, the United Nations, civil society, the private sector, academia and other actors, came together in the margins of the 62nd Session on the Commission on the Status of Women to discuss the importance of harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to secure women’s rights to land. Chairing the side-event,...

Graziano da Silva welcomes UN chief Antonio Guterres to FAO and hails his commitment to zero hunger and focus on conflict prevention and climate change

“It is our responsibility, as representatives of the United Nations, to make sure the human rights of rural women and girls are recognised and fulfilled. If we fail to act for the empowerment of rural women and girls, we will not fulfil our commitments to meet the Sustainable Development Goals,”...

The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), taking place in New York 12-23 March, is discussing innovative policies and practical solutions to the multiple challenges women face in rural areas.    To contribute to this debate, a side event jointly organized by Niger and FAO, IFAD,...

“Rural women’s needs must be at the core of our efforts to scale up climate action in the agricultural sectors and beyond,” stressed Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the UN, at the High-Level Event on Tackling Climate Change through the Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls,...

Today, inspiring stories of migrants took center stage as the “Making Migration Work for All” exhibition was opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The photo exhibition, which will be on display from 12 to 22 February, is a collective effort of the Global Migration Group (GMG), an inter-agency group established...

“Technological innovation will be key to facing the challenges of today and tomorrow to feed a population that is expected to top 9 billion in 2050,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, during the event “Farmers of the Future: Building resilience in rural...

“The empowerment of rural women and girls is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDGs 1 and 2, on ending poverty and hunger,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, during the Multi-Stakeholder Forum in preparation for the sixty-second session of...

General Assembly draws attention to key players in pollination, production, adaptation and the world underwater

The road to proclaim World Bee Day came to an end today in New York, when the General Assembly adopted a resolution setting 20 May as the date to celebrate these tiny helpers of food security, nutrition, and biodiversity. “Bees and other pollinators finally have the place they deserve in view...

“There can be no doubt that investing in mountain women is investing in sustainable mountain development,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, at International Mountain Day celebration at the United Nations Headquarters on 5 December in New York. Co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Kyrgyzstan,...

The myriad ways healthy soils can support sustainable development were discussed in depth at the World Soil Day celebration at the United Nations Headquarters on 5 December in New York. Co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Thailand, Colombia, Lesotho and the Netherlands to the United Nations, FAO and the Secretariat of...

Numerous applications of satellite technology in facilitating natural resource management and contributing to sustainable development were highlighted during a side event on 20 November at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, jointly organized by the Permanent Missions of Israel and France with FAO. The Permanent Representatives of Israel, Danny Danon,...

“The link between productive development and peace is increasingly recognized in all spheres. And there is no productive development without the private sector,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, during the launch ceremony for the report entitled, “Business and Peace: How the Private Sector...

At the 2017 World Food Day celebration in New York, the Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, Carla Mucavi, emphasized the need to create opportunities for rural people in their home communities. “By responding to the root causes such as poverty, lack of jobs, food insecurity, natural...

“There is an urgency to act in response to the rise in hunger that we see today, and also to implement sustainable solutions that build resilience and longer-term food security,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York, during the Seventy-second Session of...

Oceans and sustainable fisheries play a crucial role for food security and nutrition and income generation in Small Island Developing States, said the Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture of the Republic of Maldives Mohamed Shainee, at a UN General Assembly side event on securing a future for oceans, co-hosted by...