Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: Iran and Japan get additional sites
06/07/2023
Three new GIAHS sites in Asia announced, highlighting importance of building resilience, harnessing local biodiversity and tackling food security
Water management takes centre stage at 43rd session of the FAO Conference
05/07/2023
High-level roundtables held on how to tackle water shortages and scarcity, as well as floods, during weeklong meeting of FAO’s highest governing body
FAO Park - Global Library of Trees and Flowers: a green space in the heart of Rome to celebrate Earth’s biodiversity
03/07/2023
FAO, in collaboration with the City of Rome, announces a tree planting project at Villa Pamphili Park
FAO Director-General calls for seizing opportunities to transform agrifood systems
03/07/2023
QU Dongyu, re-elected for a second term, urges FAO Members to rewrite the narrative on food security and address key four drivers: availability, accessibility, utilization and stability.
QU Dongyu of China re-elected FAO Director-General
02/07/2023
Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam of Singapore gives McDougall Memorial Lecture to start FAO Conference 2023
01/07/2023
He highlighted that food and environmental challenges are great opportunities for growth and efficiency benefits the poor.
FAO Conference to elect Director-General for four-year term
30/06/2023
Water management is the main theme of the 43rd session of FAO's supreme governing body
FAO and partner agencies tasked with leading $115 million Clean and Healthy Oceans Program
29/06/2023
Groundbreaking partnership with ADB, CAF, EBRD and IOC-UNESCO aims to address agricultural, municipal, and industrial pollution from land-based sources that harm coastal environments
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Small Island Developing States, Least Developed Countries and Landlocked Developing Countries issue call for action to accelerate agrifood systems transformation and collectively build resilience
29/06/2023
High-Level Ministerial Event hosted by FAO promotes the sharing of experiences and ways forward through innovation and broader cooperation
Four new reports highlight importance of the microbiome for food safety, soils and nutrition
27/06/2023
FAO experts call for more systematic research into dynamic ecosystems that impact human health as well as food safety and planetary health.
Global Environment Facility approves 26 FAO-led projects to transform agrifood systems into solutions for environmental challenges
27/06/2023
Initiatives total $174.7 million in GEF funding, leverage $1.2 billion in co-financing
Ukraine: FAO and WFP join forces to clear agricultural land from remnants of the war and help farmers resume production
22/06/2023
The programme aims to prevent Ukraine from requiring food assistance in the long term
FAO set to support implementation of landmark treaty for conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity on high seas
21/06/2023
BBNJ agreement was approved at intergovernmental conference in New York
Sudan: acute food insecurity sparked by the ongoing crisis is set to escalate in coming months
19/06/2023
FAO urgently requires $95.4 million to scale up response to save lives, enable access to food and protect vital livelihoods
Second Global Parliamentary Summit reaches historic pact against hunger and malnutrition
17/06/2023
FAO welcomes new Global Parliamentary Pact to promote the right of adequate food for all
G20 Agriculture Ministers: "Agrifood systems must be part of the solution to the biodiversity and climate crises," FAO Director-General says
16/06/2023
QU Dongyu addresses meetings in Hyderabad on topics including food security and biodiversity
Second Global Parliamentary Summit against Hunger and Malnutrition opens in Chile
15/06/2023
The high-level meeting aims to reach a Global Parliamentary Pact
FAO Food Outlook: Global output set for expansion, but declining imports by the most vulnerable countries are a cause for concern
15/06/2023
New report points to likely production increases across most basic foodstuffs, but delicate demand-supply balances allow little room for more disruptions.
Innovative technology can help curb child labour in agriculture
12/06/2023
World Day Against Child Labour 2023: FAO outlines targeted work