Website
Healthy animals for sustainable future
Find out more about FAO's role in improving animal health and making livestock production more productive and sustainable.
Website
Finance Committee, 6-7 February 2020
The Finance Committee's 179th Session runs from 6-7 February 2020. See the agenda to find out more.
News
Big campaign needed to combat locust upsurge in East Africa
FAO warns that unprecedented swarms threaten food security across the entire subregion and calls for funding for an international response...
News
FAO and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency team up on forest monitoring
Partnership with JAXA’s L-band satellite data will contribute powerfully to FAO’s geospatial toolkit, helping member states and other users make...
Highlights
In focus
Key facts on locusts
Learn more about FAO’s efforts to prevent invasions of an ancient pest that can travel fast and eat crops equal to their own weight every day.
Video
30 years of Farmer Field Schools
Learn how Farmer Field Schools improve small-scale farmers’ livelihoods and empower them to become better decision-makers in their own farming systems.
Video
7 things you need to know about locusts
To protect livelihoods and ensure food security FAO uses the latest technologies to monitor the situation and assists countries in the control of plagues.
Publication
FAO’s Early Warning Early Action Report
12 countries face high food security risks in early 2020, while the Desert Locust and African Swine Fever outbreaks pose further threats.
Director-General
From the DG
FAO Director-General invites private sector to join fight against hunger and poverty
Speaking to UN TV at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, the Director-General urged private companies to work with national governments, academics and civil society in supporting FAO’s new Hand-in-Hand initiative.
Data
FAOSTAT
Food and agriculture data
SDG Indicators
FAO’s Sustainable Development Goals Indicators Portal
AMIS
Agricultural Market Information System
FAM
Food and Agriculture Microdata Catalogue
FishStat
Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics
AQUASTAT
FAO's Global Information System on Water and Agriculture
FPMA
Food Price Monitoring and Analysis
DAD-IS
Domestic Animal Diversity Information System
WIEWS
World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
FAO/WHO GIFT
FAO/WHO Global Individual Food consumption data Tool
AIDmonitor
Official Development Assistance
INFOODS
International Network of Food Data Systems
Food Loss and Waste Database
Take an in-depth look at what food is being lost and wasted, and where
GLRD
Gender and Land Rights Database
RuLIS
Rural Livelihoods Information System
FRA
Global Forest Resources Assessments
Publications
FAO-Japan: A growing partnership towards sustainable development
Learn how Japan's financial contributions, expertise and human capital support FAO’s work on a broad range of topics.
Digital Agriculture
Innovating for our future of food and agriculture
Examples of how rural smallholders can scale up successful techniques in areas such as forecasting, pest control, farm credit and new marketable crops, underscoring how...
Country Showcase
China
Japan
Republic of Korea
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
United Republic of Tanzania
India
China
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Japan
United Republic of Tanzania
