FAO Regional Conference calls for greater action to tackle COVID-19’s impacts across Asia and the Pacific
03/09/2020
Ministerial Session highlights the importance of supporting the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people through sustained and stronger collaboration
Global food prices rise in August
03/09/2020
International quotations for sugar, vegetable oils and coarse grains increased from July, while worldwide cereal harvests remain on course to hit annual record
SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs make their voices heard at FAO Asia-Pacific Regional Conference
02/09/2020
The impacts of COVID-19 and climate change are threatening the food security in Small Island Developing States, Least Developed and Landlocked Developing Countries
FAO Regional Conference for Asia-Pacific discusses responses and recovery work on COVID-19 and hunger
01/09/2020
The virtual conference takes place between 1 and 4 September
Green Climate Fund approves new projects
21/08/2020
FAO helps Côte d’Ivoire, Armenia and Colombia win investment grants for agriculture projects to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
Global food prices rise in July
06/08/2020
Vegetable oils and dairy products drive up FAO Food Price Index while meat and rice prices decline
FAO-led global COVID-19 Food Coalition gains momentum
31/07/2020
The Italian government-proposed initiative aims to tackle the long-term impacts of the pandemic on food and agriculture, engaging more countries to support the efforts
FAO unveils platform to help accelerate action on reducing food loss and waste
29/07/2020
Call to action to reduce food loss and waste - gearing up for the first International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September 2020
Kenya beats back desert locust upsurge for now, but East Africa remains at risk
28/07/2020
Q&A with Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s Resilience Team Leader for East Africa
FAO and Russian Federation sign Contribution Agreement to ramp up fight against desert locusts, help affected communities
27/07/2020
$10 million contribution will support the UN Agency’s operations to contain the spread in East Africa
United Kingdom supports FAO's desert locust-fighting efforts with £ 17 million contribution
23/07/2020
The added support will help to step up control efforts in Africa and Asia and to improve early warning and forecasting systems
FAO and Islamic Development Bank strengthen partnership with new cooperation agreement
22/07/2020
Joint efforts will focus on improving conditions of the most vulnerable in rural areas
Yemen sees return to alarming levels of food insecurity
22/07/2020
Economic crisis, conflict, floods, desert locusts – and now COVID-19 - could wipe out improvements in food security in parts of Yemen, UN agencies warn
World's most comprehensive analysis of forest resources launched today in an innovative format
21/07/2020
FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 offers detailed regional and global analyses in a new, digitally interactive way
FAO launches Hand-in-Hand geospatial data platform to help build stronger food and agriculture sectors post COVID-19
21/07/2020
One million geospatial layers and thousands of statistics for over ten food and agriculture-related domains
Global action needed now to halt spread of deadly pig disease
20/07/2020
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and FAO launch a joint initiative for the Global Control of African swine fever
New report identifies 27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises
17/07/2020
FAO and WFP collaborate on a unique analysis of countries on the precipice of what could be the worst food crisis in generations
Rising uncertainties from COVID-19 cloud medium-term agricultural prospects
16/07/2020
According to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2020-2029, the pandemic is expected to depress demand in the next few years and could further undermine food security
FAO launches the new COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme outlining seven key priority areas
14/07/2020
The UN Agency also calls for joint coordinated global response to support food and agriculture