Dhaka, Bangladesh – Bangladesh launched a marine survey of the Bay of Bengal to evaluate the status of fishery resources and ecosystem health. The survey will generate critical data providing a foundation for evidence-based strategies with a view to inform decisions for sustainab...

Rome/Nairobi – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed a partnership from the Mastercard Foundation, for a five-year initiative designed to create economic opportunities in the livestock sector with young people living in Kenya’s arid and se...

Tiranë - Across the rugged highlands and sunlit lowlands of Albania, a quiet but powerful transformation is underway. Farmers, especially women and young people, are beginning to adopt digital tools and approaches, gradually reshaping traditional roles and practices. From precisi...

Rome/Kabul - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UK  government have launched a new initiative to improve food security, boost rural livelihoods and help Afghan communities better withstand climate and economic shocks.

FAO’s Resil...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the government of Norway have signed a new agreement to support FAO in continuing to host the office of the Global Forest Observations Initiative (GFOI), providing a collaborative platform to advance for...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed Canada’s pledge of nearly $10 million (CAD 13.5 million) to mitigate wildfire risks and protect ecosystems worldwide through the FAO-hosted Global Fire Management Hub.

Canada’s contributi...

Sulaymaniyah - Under the auspices of H.E. Mr. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq marked a major step toward safeguarding its agricultural heritage and enhancing its food security with the laying of the foundation stone for the first-e...

Port Moresby/Rome - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved projects worth more than $300 million that will protect forests in Papua New Guinea, promote sustainable fisheries in Saint Lucia, and help grow Africa’s Great Green Wall.

The initiatives, designed by the Food a...

Chiang Mai, Thailand – Stretching from Bhutan to Papua New Guinea, the Indo-Malaya forest biome harbors one of the last major primary forest areas in the world, hosting more than 5,000 threatened species. 60 percent of its original vegetation is already lost, and the remaining pr...

A new US$4.5 million project will create employment opportunities for vulnerable farmers in Lebanon and reduce production costs in the dairy value chain. The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ...

The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) has approved USD 8.9 million in grant funding for an FAO-led initiative to strengthen food security and climate resilience in the Solomon Islands.

With rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and a large rural population dependent on agriculture...

Baghdad, Iraq - Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mr. QU Dongyu, together with key Iraqi ministries, today launched the Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded project titled "Strengthening Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agricultural...

The Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank, provides multiyear grants to help low- and middle-income countries strengthen prevention, preparedness, and response to pandemic threats. Using a One Health approach, the Fund supports collaborative disease surveillance and early warning systems, la...

Milan – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today took part in the 58th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Milan, where he emphasised the need to strengthen cooperation for furthering the...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was awarded Wednesday for its sustained effort to help Zimbabwe use satellite-tracked evidence to improve its crop production data. FAO won the SDG Custodian Agency Prize at the seventh annual ...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today on Earth Day launched Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration&nb...

Kyiv - The war in Ukraine continues inflicting pressure on the agricultural sector, making it increasingly difficult for farmers and rural families to continue food production and sustain their livelihoods. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has...

Rome – A significant milestone in global plant health capacity development was achieved with the launch of the IPPC Plant Health Campus, during the 19th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19). Developed under the "Strengthening Food Control and Phytosanitary Capacities and G...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed a contribution of nearly USD 1.2 million (£ 950 000) from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which will support the implementation of the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP)....

Rome/Mogadishu – Ugbaad – the Somali name for a new project that aims to boost climate resilient agriculture – translates as “fresh sprouting pasture”, symbolizing hope. The Climate Resilient Agriculture project bearing its name will tackle persistent challenges in Somalia, a cou...