News
Locusts in East Africa: A race against time
Read the joint statement by FAO, OCHA and WFP on the situation with desert locust upsurge.
News
World’s food systems rely on biodiversity
FAO Director-General urges “robust” outcome from Convention on Biological Diversity negotiations.
News
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates $10 million to fight Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa
Director-General urges more donors to help prevent a humanitarian crisis.
News
Hunger threatens over half of the population in South Sudan
Food security worsened significantly in areas hit by last year’s floods.
Highlights
Podcast
Worst Desert Locust outbreak in decades
As the situation continues to deteriorate in the Horn of Africa, FAO warns there’s a growing risk the pests could migrate to more countries.
Video
Our future depends on biodiversity
We need to preserve it to ensure healthy and nutritious food for everyone.
In focus
Desert locust crisis in East Africa
Read the latest updates on Desert Locust outbreak in the region and learn about FAO's role in locust control.
In focus
Biodiversity for Zero Hunger
Find out about FAO's work on biodiversity in agriculture, fisheries, forestry and more.
From the DG
Biodiversity and food diversity go hand in hand
FAO Director-General and the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity stressed the importance of biodiversity, which is fundamental for ecosystems, human beings, and food diversity.
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 strategy on mainstreaming biodiversity across agricultural sectors
Achieving food security and nutrition for all depends on biodiversity, which generates multiple livelihood benefits. Learn more.
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...
Stories
How to help kids save our oceans and be environmental heroes
Youth are the future of our planet – let's help them protect it
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