Farming and rural non-farm-based activities still have untapped potential to generate employment opportunities for Africa’s rising youth population, FAO stressed today at a high level forum - Harnessing Skills for Rural Transformation and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - held at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. Africa has the youngest...

FAO, IFAD, WFP, Rockefeller Foundation, Germany and Champions 12.3 hosted a high-level event that called for scaled up, innovative, joint and comprehensive (from farm to fork) efforts to tackle food loss and waste; to raise awareness of the importance of tackling this issue and of what actions could be taken...

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s Director-General José Graziano da Silva has joined in calls for a renewed global commitment to zero tolerance for food loss and waste. The call was made at a high-level event at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly that focused on tackling food...

New partnership will tackle food loss and waste, climate change and develop digital innovations for rural smallholders   New York – FAO is entering an innovative strategic partnership with Unilever aimed at helping countries in their efforts to reduce food loss and waste and tackle climate change, in the context of the...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will leverage synergies to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The principals of the two organizations, Houlin...

“If we want to leave no one behind, we need to bring rural communities in to the heart of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda as agents of change,” remarked Carla Mucavi, Director of FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, during a side event on “Making way for the achievement...

“Community urban agriculture can greatly impact urban food systems and help achieve Zero Hunger,” informed Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, at an event entitled “Food Security and Access to Nutritiously Adequate Food; How Urban Food Production Contributes to The Achievement of SDG2” on 8...

“We should recognize the vital role of oceans in food security, nutrition as well as regulation of climate change and economic development by implementing the commitments made at the UN Oceans Conference,” stated Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General for Climate and Natural Resources, speaking at the Thematic Review of...

“Transforming food systems and making agro-industry more inclusive, sustainable and resilient will help create much needed decent jobs in on-farm and off farm activities,” Carla Mucavi, Director of FAO Liaison Office in New York, said at the Thematic Review of SDG 9 of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. Mucavi...

Small Island Developing States face a unique set of challenges, limitations and vulnerabilities, and they need to be given special attention in order to reach their full potential and achieve the SDGs, said Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, during the Thematic Review on “Taking Forward...

Hunger and poverty are closely interlinked and need to be tackled together, with a special focus on rural areas of developing countries where around 80 percent of the world’s extreme poor lives, FAO said at the 2017 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF).  FAO also called for a shift to more sustainable,...

After years of decline, hunger is increasing again, the United Nations food and agriculture agencies FAO, IFAD and WFP warned in a joint statement delivered by Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General for Climate and Natural Resources, during the Thematic Review of SDG 2 at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable...

“If we want to reduce poverty, we need holistic approaches to rural transformation, as nearly 80 percent of the extreme poor live in rural areas,” said Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General for Climate and Natural Resources, during the Thematic Review of SDG 1 at the High-Level Political Forum on...

The Office of the President of the General Assembly in collaboration with FAO, Save the Children, FHI 360 and UNESCO organized a breakfast event under the theme, “Accelerating progress on SDG 4 for the most marginalized and vulnerable children: an informal panel discussion on evidence, solutions, and youth perspectives.” This informal...

The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), organized an expert group meeting on progress in achieving SDG 2, from 12 to...

Transforming our food systems so that they are more sustainable, inclusive and resilient to climate change is key to produce safe and nutritious food that people need to thrive, agreed experts participating in the Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Progress in Achieving SDG2, in preparation for the High Level Political...

The UN Ocean Conference (#SaveourOcean) opened Monday, 5 June in New York. High-level Member State representatives and United Nations officials addressed the gathering.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the launch of the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund during the 

With hunger levels rising and domestic food prices inflation soaring in much of the world, collective actions are necessary to meet immediate and longer-term global food security objectives, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said ...

Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stand to benefit from strong partnerships with their Global South counterparts when it comes to making their agrifood systems more efficient, more inclusive, more sustainable and more resilient, the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of th...