As the single largest sector using 60 percent of world’s ecosystems and providing livelihoods for 40 percent of today’s global population, the food and agriculture sector is critical to greening the economy. There will be no green economy without agriculture. FAO is examining how the green economy translates into the food and agriculture sector.

Latest News

23 Dec 2011

FAO and ILO partnering on child labor in fisheries

Draft document in the works provides guidance and advice to governments
20 Dec 2011

Book on Amazon plants puts science in the hands of people

FAO marks end of International Year of Forests with new study on useful plants from the Amazon
14 Dec 2011

Major gains in efficiency of livestock systems needed

Intensive production holds key to feeding growing cities, but improvements in natural resource use and environmental performance are crucial
12 Dec 2011

Corruption undermining land access, development

FAO and Transparency International release working paper, call for improved governance
09 Dec 2011

South-South Development Expo winds down

Awards for outstanding examples of Southern-led solutions to hunger
09 Dec 2011

Mountain forests under threat

FAO urges increased attention to conservation of highland forest ecosystems

Recent Activities

02 Nov 2011

Panel discussion on “Food and energy security and energy efficiency”

Second Committee Side Event, 2 November 2011
27 Oct 2011

World Food Day Observance at the United Nations

Food Prices: from crisis to stability, 27 October 2011
19 May 2011

FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

Side Event on occasion of the 10th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 19 May 2011
11 May 2011

Responsible Agricultural Investment in LDC

FAO Side-Event in the margins of the 4th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV)
1 Billion Hungry Campaign
State of Food and Agriculture 2010-11
Donate now for Haiti
World Food Day