UN agencies back bold plan to ensure every child in need gets a regular healthy meal in school by 2030
16/11/2021
Integrated school health and nutrition programmes can serve as “springboards” for agri-food systems transformation
Seven reasons why pastoralism supports a better future
12/11/2021
This time-tested practice works with nature and offers numerous benefits
World food import bill to reach a record high in 2021
11/11/2021
FAO’s new Food Outlook report examines drivers of rising prices of food commodities, freight and agricultural inputs.
Food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could worsen in the coming months
10/11/2021
FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity.
FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
09/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country.
COP26: Urgent action is needed to make agriculture greener and more resilient
09/11/2021
FAO Director-General tells Glasgow conference time is running out to end hunger by 2030.
COP26: Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation
08/11/2021
FAO Remote Sensing Survey reveals new findings.
World food prices reach new peak since July 2011
04/11/2021
Global cereal production poised to hit an all-time high, stocks set to decline.
An indispensable resource for everyone interested in food and agriculture
03/11/2021
FAO publishes 2021 edition of its World Food and Agriculture Statistical Yearbook.
Ending child labour by 2025 requires effective action and strong leadership
02/11/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses Nov. 2-3 Global Solutions Forum on child labour.
World Food Forum: Towards a better, youth-led food future
01/11/2021
Hear from the voices behind the first-of-its-kind movement conceived by and for global youth on the road towards a more sustainable and inclusive food future for all.
What is the World Food Forum (WFF) and how has it fostered a movement based on innovation, creativity, and collaboration in working to tackle the world’s...
G20: Actions now to feed the world and save the planet, urges FAO
31/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses world leaders at G20 Summit.
G20: Strengthening the link between food, health and finance sectors
29/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting.
Meeting between the FAO Director-General and the United Nations Secretary-General
29/10/2021
The FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, today held fruitful discussions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on the side-lines of the G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government.
Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts.
Half of Afghanistan’s population face acute hunger as humanitarian needs grow to record levels
25/10/2021
UN appeals for urgent assistance as country becomes one of the world’s largest food crises.
Animal disease threats: FAO launches new global information system
22/10/2021
EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks.
FAO calls for greater RBA collaboration to implement UN Food System Summit outcomes
21/10/2021
FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, at the fifth informal joint meeting of the FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board.
World map of salt-affected soils launched at virtual conference
20/10/2021
FAO Director-General opens Oct. 20-22 Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils.
Public development banks: Part of the solution to ending hunger
19/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses Finance in Common summit in Rome, strengthens ties with Italy’s CDP.