Conflicts and widening rural-urban gaps hamper the region’s efforts to end hunger by 2030

Agricultural innovation can radically transform food systems

UN report finds worryingly low food consumption, limited dietary diversity and families being forced to cut meals or eat less

International organizations unite on critical recommendations to combat drug-resistant infections and prevent staggering number of deaths each year

2.2 million people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have lost their crops due to rainfall and drought; 1.4 million urgently need food assistance

FAO’s Director-General emphasizes the need to tackle root causes of rural distress in visit to Senegal

‘Famine Likely': a new classification to boost warning

Ensuring safe and balanced diets for everyone requires implementation of international food safety regulations, technology and innovation

The project seeks to boost resilience of family farmers by transforming food systems and improving rural infrastructure

Clock is ticking to reboot agriculture as secondary growing season already underway

Efforts will focus on combating deforestation and boosting farmers’ resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva opens FAO's Council

Water scarcity can exacerbate food insecurity, migration and malnutrition in the region

Classic biological control offers a tested, inexpensive and pesticide-free approach to battling alien pathogens

The International Plant Protection Convention adopts standards on fumigation and six pests, including Xylella fastidiosa and the oriental fruit fly

Joint work aims to increase African diaspora engagement including in agribusiness and resource mobilization

113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018

Graziano da Silva thanks the pontiff for his World Water Day message of support

FAO prepares to assist rural communities revive agriculture following disastrous flooding

Findings of a new hunger report to be launched during a High-Level Event of the Global Network Against Food Crises, Brussels, 2-3 April 2019