High food insecurity persists in Zimbabwe in spite of improvements in agricultural production and a more liberal import policy this year, according to a report issued today by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP).
Good rainfall meant 2009 product...
An international Red Locust emergency campaign in Eastern and Southern Africa has succeeded in containing a massive locust outbreak in Tanzania, FAO said today. It is the first time that biopesticides are being used on a large scale in Africa against...
World hunger is projected to reach a historic high in 2009 with 1 020 million people going hungry every day, according to new estimates published by FAO today.
The most recent increase in hunger is not the consequence of poor global harvests but is...
Highlights
High-Level Conference on World Food Security
3-5 June: Securing world food security in light of climate change impact may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century... >>
Soaring Food Prices
In response to high food prices, FAO launched the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices to help the most affected countries boost agricultural production in the next planting seasons... >>
Avian Influenza Programme
With the emerging crisis of avian influenza, FAO established the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)... >>
Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health
Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains an unparalleled international crisis. Other animal diseases also present cause for alarm... >>
3-5 June: Securing world food security in light of climate change impact may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century... 
In response to high food prices, FAO launched the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices to help the most affected countries boost agricultural production in the next planting seasons... 
With the emerging crisis of avian influenza, FAO established the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)... 
Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains an unparalleled international crisis. Other animal diseases also present cause for alarm... 