Conserving, breeding and sharing plant varieties key to resilience and sustainability

Rice crop already severely damaged, 13 million people at risk

FAO Director-General addresses High Level Event in New York

Agreement covers knowledge exchange, resilience, women’s leadership support and poverty measurement

New private sector partnership with Dutch bank will benefit farmers in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania

Forest managers should invest more in climate change response – new guidelines published

International experts recommend vigilance and promote targeted surveillance, market restructuring to fight H7N9, H5N1 and other threats

AGORA makes online scientific literature available to over 100 poor countries - Tenth anniversary celebrated in Rome

Direct economic costs of $750 billion annually – Better policies required, and “success stories” need to be scaled up and replicated

New seeds are resistant to wheat stem rust (Ug99) - Multinational programme supported by FAO and IAEA

Prices of cereals and oils decrease – FAO expects bumper cereal harvest this year

11 million people are food insecure – Support for food and livestock production urgently needed – FAO appeal

Initiative aims to reduce post-harvest and consumer food waste

Study in 8 Latin American countries explores challenges, achievements, and lessons learned

FAO Director-General co-chairs the second Sub-Saharan and Argentinean Agriculture Ministers Meeting

Brazil’s investments in South-South Cooperation through FAO have surpassed $36 million

First results analysed from FAO-EC project in Malawi, Vietnam and Zambia

Innovation permits efficient processing of satellite data, at very low cost

Further investigation into possible role of animals needed

New update to global price index for key food commodities