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The statement called upon the Government to place the fundamental human rights at the heart of its recovery endeavors from this devastating pandemic that left so many vulnerable.

This year the Human Rights Day’s theme calls to build back better by addressing inequalities, promoting universal social protection and prioritizing the most vulnerable, while encouraging participation and driving sustainable...

NEW! Podcast with Q&A to FAO experts about the linkages between plant health and the access to adequate food

The United Nations calls for the targeting of new policies and investments in the lagging territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.

FAO’s The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2020 takes a new look at water shortages and scarcity in the world.

The newly revamped website is the go-to place for the Organization's policy work: it hosts 1,300 policy resources and tools, 5 regional pages  and 29 policy theme pages (one dedicated to...

The right to adequate food is a key area of FAO´s work.

FAO supports and adheres to a number of conventions, agreements and treaties that relate to food and agriculture, and assists Member Countries to develop and implement them.

Burkina Faso, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen cause for concern but acute hunger on the rise across the globe.

Global alliance proposed by Italy and led by FAO aims to put zero hunger goal back on track after pandemic.  

Creating synergies between the RTF and SSF Guidelines makes a big difference in achieving food security and nutrition.

A call for real change for food systems transformation and for embracing human rights, to be integral to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021, and beyond.

In view of the collaboration initiated last June, the IPPC Secretariat and the FAO Right to Food Team intervened with a joint statement at the Meeting of the High Level meeting of the Committee on World...

Italy hailed  FAO's "big role in enshrining the right to food in the laws of more than 30 countries".

Funding will go towards supporting food security and nutrition, as well as the promotion of the right to adequate food to achieve compliance with SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), and strengthening...

World Food Day 2020 calls for global solidarity with the most vulnerable, marking a steppingstone in the path to promote plant health and eradicate hunger.

World leaders appeal to pursue human rights in view of building a better world.

Member of the European Parliamentary Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition, said, “The human right to food can only be achieved when poverty and inequality are drastically reduced.  

In recent years, parliamentarians in Europe and other regions of the world have formed alliances to step up efforts to combat hunger and malnutrition globally, while making food systems more...

This database provides easy access to Committee on World Food Security´s products, such as the Right to Food Guidelines and the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems...