28 July 2016, Rome - With only a few weeks before land preparation begins for the next main cropping season, some 23 million people in Southern Africa urgently need support to produce enough food to feed themselves and thus avoid being...

FAO and Norway have agreed to continue an already fruitful cooperation in the strategic areas of fisheries, the right to food, climate-smart agriculture, deforestation, gender equity and food loss and waste.

An agreement signed today by FAO Director-General José Graziano da...

Greater efficiency and sustainability in Tajikistan’s agriculture sector are the focus of a new cooperation agreement between FAO and the Government of Tajikistan. The FAO Country Programming Framework for Tajikistan, signed by both parties this week, outlines three main areas...

2016年1月28日，萨那 – 由于冲突不断和进口受限，也门的基本食品供应不足且价格暴涨，导致该国粮食无保障人数超过了其总人口的一半，达到约1440万，粮农组织今天说。根据粮农组织的统计，自2015年6月以来，粮食不安全人口数量增加了12％（与2014年年底相比增幅达36%）。粮农组织驻也门代表萨拉赫·哈桑（Salah Elhajj Hassan）说：“粮食不安全和营养不良状况日趋危急。” 他呼吁向农户提供紧急支援，协助他们开展粮食生产和保护牲畜，以及采取措施，为进口急需的粮食和燃料提供便利。

Madagascar is currently the 5th worldwide among countries most exposed to risks due to climate change and the first country in Africa exposed. For 30 years since 1980, natural hazards including droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, cyclones and extreme temperatures, caused...