The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Plant Health by shining a light on the importance of leveraging innovation to protect plants, which are indispensable for sustaining life on earth. 

A disease-free seed potato production system, established with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is helping farmers in the Republic of Azerbaijan to overcome the impact of disease and drought on the crop and thereby boost its productivity.

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu emphasized the importance of tapping into the potential of Special Agricultural Products (SAPs) such as the underutilized crops as well as forestry and livestock products selected by countries to improve people’s livelihoods, provide better income, and boost nutrition.

‘Bee engaged with youth’ is the theme for this year’s World Bee Day, which will be celebrated on 20 May by FAO, its Members, institutions, organizations and individuals worldwide. 

In a long-running collaboration between the Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF), a network of  francophone parliaments , and FAO, Pierre Ferrand, FAO Agricultural Officer, and Boris Gandon, FAO Partnerships Specialist for Parliamentary Alliances, attended the Commission for Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs (CAESE) in Luang Prabang, Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 9-11 April 2024.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations today held an official launch here of its Green Cities Initiative, which is already being piloted in Cameroon, with seven municipalities submitting letters of intent to join the initiative. In remarks at the launch event, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu noted that with two thirds of the world’s population expected to live in cities by 2050 - urban areas are facing major challenges.

Cereal production in the Sudan has been severely affected by the conflict, which erupted in April 2023, likely pushing more people into hunger - the situation requires urgent and at-scale agricultural support ahead of the planting season starting in June, Director of the FAO Office of Emergenc...