New FAO report highlights the role of soil organisms in ensuring sustainable agri-food systems and mitigating climate change
04/12/2020
World Soil Day event celebrated the unsung “food heroes”
FAO governing Council approves new private sector engagement strategy
04/12/2020
Executive body also welcomes proposed strategic framework for the next decade
Leveraging trade to end hunger
07/12/2020
FAO Director-General and Professor Jeffrey Sachs joined discussion on ways to overcome trade-offs on the path to achieving SDG 2
FAO calls for anticipatory action in support of agriculture to give relief and hope to households in crises
08/12/2020
Director-General spoke at UN Central Emergency Response Fund annual pledging event
Small Island Developing State leaders join FAO Director-General to explore pathways to resilience
10/12/2020
Brussels Dialogue looked at mitigating COVID-19 impacts on island states
Mountain people among the world’s hungriest as biodiversity loss and climate change take their toll
11/12/2020
International Mountain Day 2020 highlights need to protect ecosystems and improve livelihoods
Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries are turning the corner on overexploitation
14/12/2020
New report shows that while most fish stocks remain overexploited, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades
Transforming agri-food systems to feed the world and tackle climate change
14/12/2020
FAO Director-General addresses high-level panel on fifth anniversary of Paris Agreement
FAO launches the UN’s International Year of Fruits and Vegetables 2021
15/12/2020
A means to improve nutrition and reduce food loss and waste, says Director-General
Desert Locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa and Yemen despite intense efforts
16/12/2020
FAO seeks funds for control operations to safeguard agricultural production and livelihoods
FAO Annual Employee Recognition Awards go to 200 individuals and ten teams across the UN agency
17/12/2020
Recognizing remarkable performance under extraordinary circumstances in an exceptional year
FAO moves to scale up response to Fall Armyworm as pest continues to spread
21/12/2020
Director-General calls for better information sharing and technology use
FAO’s Investment Centre is stepping up its support for creating more robust and sustainable agri-food systems
24/12/2020
Q&A with FAO Investment Centre Director
World food prices rise for seventh month in a row in December
07/01/2021
FAO Food Price Index reached a three-year high over all of 2020
Eradication of Peste des petits ruminants disease in sight
13/01/2021
Outbreaks of this highly contagious animal disease decrease considerably in recent years
Small towns are bigger than we think
12/01/2021
Innovative FAO study maps urban-rural catchment areas and points to ways to optimize policy and planning coordination for agriculture, services and agri-food systems
FAO Director-General calls for urgent scale-up of Africa’s Great Green Wall
11/01/2021
QU Dongyu joined President Macron and The Prince of Wales at One Planet Summit
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FAO Director-General stresses crucial role of biodiversity in combating zoonotic diseases
12/01/2021
Qu welcomes new Franco-German initiative in session with Macron, Merkel