FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York

03/02/2023

The need to transition to more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems was the core message shared by FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol to Member States and UN partners in New York this week in remarks to the Group of Friends on Food Security and Nutrition and&n...

03/02/2023
The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined in January for the tenth consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported Friday. 

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30/01/2023
New FAO Framework includes innovative processes to identify potential risks, climate mitigation and resilience measures
25/01/2023
FAO Director-General points to priority areas for action to heads of state and government at regional CELAC forum
24/01/2023
In 2021, 396 million people in the region were undernourished and an estimated 1.05 billion people suffered from moderate or severe food insecurity.
22/01/2023
Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen briefs Ministers at G-7 meeting in Berlin
20/01/2023
FAO hosts panel discussion at Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin
19/01/2023
FAO event at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin highlights that agriculture and land use received only 26 percent of the global climate finance flows to all sectors
16/01/2023

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the SEED partnership today officially launched the SDG Agrifood Accelerator Programme, an instrument designed to help agrifood system start-ups develop their ...

12/01/2023
FAO Director-General addresses Food Systems National Conveners in targeting follow-up actions to the UN Food Systems Summit
12/01/2023
FAO and UN partners highlight five priorities for reducing child wasting in worst-hit countries
09/01/2023
The FAO Director-General addresses the United Nations conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan
06/01/2023
FAO Food Price Index ends 2022 lower than a year earlier
04/01/2023
A $15.5 million EU-funded project aims to respond to disruptions to the agricultural sector caused by war
20/12/2022

Alongside this, large-scale investments in resilience and rural livelihoods are urgently needed to break the hunger cycle


15/12/2022

Soil heroes and young scientists joined Member States and UN experts on 15 December to celebrate the World Soil Day in New York, calling for the safeguarding of this vital resource for global food security.

14/12/2022

Ukraine: New UN survey shows rural households are increasingly affected by the war

14/12/2022

FAO supported consultations on four resolutions during the Second Committee's 77th Session, adopted by the UN General Assembly. 

13/12/2022

Increased support for the joint Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project as acute food insecurity intensifie

06/12/2022

UN dedicates 2023 to greater efforts in producing millets given their nutritional properties and resilience in adapting to climate change.