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UN report: Reducing trade costs can help drive sustainable development
28/06/2022
Rome – A robust and well-integrated global agrifood system can help all countries withstand unprecedented challenges, as evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemi...
G7 Ministerial Conference: FAO outlines five urgent steps to address the global food crisis
24/06/2022
Rome – Today the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, outlined five urgent steps to halt the glob...
Sudan: new data reveals a sharp deterioration in food crisis, with nearly 12 million hungry people
23/06/2022
Khartoum/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns about a looming food crisis in Sudan driven by the combined impacts of...
Honoring Global Advancements for Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous Peoples’ Day and National Indigenous History Month in Canada
21/06/2022
21 June 2021 - On National In...
FAO Council endorses new 10-year strategies on Climate Change and on Science and Innovation
17/06/2022
Rome – The Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has endorsed two thematic strategies that will guide FAO’s work on cli...
FAO Desert Locust campaign: East Africa upsurge suppressed, Kenya free from Desert Locust
15/06/2022
Interview with Cyril Ferrand, FAO’s Resilience Team Leader for East Africa, and Carla Mucavi, FAO Country Representative in Kenya
- What is t...
Afghanistan: FAO and the World Bank step up their response to the worsening food security
13/06/2022
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed an unprecedented $150 million contribution from the World Bank to provide cr...
Senate of Canada Formally Acknowledges FAO’s Beth Bechdol
10/06/2022
9 June 2022, Ottawa, ON - Beth Bec...
Senior FAO Leadership Heads to Canada for Inaugural Visit
10/06/2022
9-10 June 2022, Ottawa, ON – Beth
Closing the Gap on Agricultural Funding for Global Food Security
10/06/2022
7-8 June 2022,Washington, DC - In an acknowledgement of the leadership role that the U...
New UN Food Outlook report: World’s most vulnerable are paying more for less food
09/06/2022
Out now! FAO in North America Newsletter for June
09/06/2022
June 9, 2022
Message from the Director
Dear Readers,
Throughout the month of May, “Food security” took center stage in multilateral fora....
FAO Food Price Index dips in May
03/06/2022
World Food Law Institute Round Table on Regional Water Cooperation
02/06/2022
23 May 2022, Washington, DC - Water as a natural resource that crosses human-drawn boundaries faces challenging management scenarios across the world. On this topic, the World Food Law Institute (WFLI) hosted a Round Table discussion exploring case studies of regional water co...
With support from USAID, FAO is boosting Namibia’s locust surveillance and monitoring to avert a possible disaster
01/06/2022
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“If they are not controlled nothing will be left for our livestock” – farmers worry as Namibia battles its worst Brown Locust outbreak |
USAID contributes USD 2 million to FAO's drought response in Ethiopia
26/05/2022
23/05/2022
Initiative to improve the food security and protect assets of drought-affected pastoral and agro-pastoral households
Addis Ababa – The United States Agency for International Development (USA...