Senior UN officials met people on the frontlines of the climate crisis as well as government officials, donor partners, and aid workers to scale up response efforts 

2024 wheat output forecast to grow despite price-driven cutbacks in planted area.

The FAO-hosted Forum seeks to impact positively on the banana sector’s environmental, social and economic sustainability

International Women’s Day 2024: Follow the joint FAO, IFAD and WFP celebration to see why investing in rural women is central to achieving our Sustainable Development Goals

Interview with Lauren Phillips, Deputy-Director of FAO’s Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division

New study shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural areas vary with gender, wealth and age

Near East and North Africa countries support FAO Strategic Framework and its main initiatives and call for ceasefire in Gaza

Director-General addresses 37th session of FAO Regional Ministerial Conference for the Near East and North Africa

Decision provides stronger basis for FAO, UNICEF, WHO and their members to intensify their work on producing and using harmonized data.

FAO Deputy Director-General Semedo joins the United Nations Environment Assembly and Quadripartite Executive Annual Meeting

The funds will enable FAO to upscale national and regional capacity building in soil assessment and sustainable soil management worldwide

Deputy Director-General Maurizio Martina points out the catastrophic damage induced by the conflict across the entire food supply chain 

QU Dongyu addresses Meeting of G20 Foreign Affairs Ministers in Brazil.

How to transform agrifood systems and act as global agent of change are the key focus.

FAO hosts event where Ministers from the Asia-Pacific also discuss common challenges and shared experiences in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 

QU Dongyu participated in a high-level event in Rome to highlight the need for financing to transform agrifood systems

Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol urges game-changing solutions to break the vicious loop between climate crisis, conflict and hunger 

Initiatives in Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia cited as best practices for reversing ecosystems degradation

FAO will lead 48 projects and three programs addressing challenges at the intersection of environment, agriculture, forestry, and marine/freshwater resources

Interview with FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol on Gaza and other global emergencies including Ukraine and Sudan