The funding aims to support lives and livelihoods of most severely drought-affected farmers and herders

Targeting indigenous communities, including women and youth, the initiative includes cutting edge technical assistance and eased access to credit

FAO senior officials visit affected areas in the rush to save lives and livelihoods   

The cultivation of pulses, combined with the power of young people, can help achieve a transformation in our agrifood systems, said QU Dongyu.

FAO’s Director-General highlights the region’s vulnerability to the impacts of the climate crisis at FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

Participants in regional conference pledge support for inclusive and sustainable rural and agricultural development and promoting food security for all

Director-General addresses 60th Session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development

Director-General opens FAO Regional Conference in Iraq with call for joint regional action.

Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index developed with Oxford University

Vegetable oils and dairy products push FAO Food Price Index higher.

Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami throws the vulnerability of the countries into sharp relief as they struggle to reach Sustainable Development Goals

 

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin

Funds will protect lives and livelihoods of vulnerable rural communities, lay a foundation for recovery 

FAO is gearing up to respond as needed, based on its experience with previous disasters in Tonga and elsewhere

Commission’s 44th session includes decisions on many food safety and quality standards

The 2021 physics prize winner delivers a lecture on “Science: the headlight on our future”

In a region reeling from locust invasions and COVID-19, a third-consecutive year of poor rains poses a major threat to food security

The agreement marks the official launch of Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme after China’s announcement of an additional $50 million in funding

New agreement supports a $7 million multi-donor project which aims to enhance accuracy, accessibility, and transparency of forest data

FAO’s benchmark index of food commodity prices in 2021 averaged sharply higher than in 2020.