G20: FAO Director-General calls for closing of digital divide
05/08/2021
FAO is championing the use of digital technologies for agri-food systems’ transformation
FAO Director-General and world leaders outline pathways to end hunger
30/07/2021
UN Food Systems Pre-Summit closes with joint call to action
Agriculture bears the brunt of natural disasters
29/07/2021
Learn what we can do to build agri-food systems that are more resilient to disasters, disease and climate change.
Ahead of UN Food Systems Summit, FAO’s participation at HLPF builds momentum to transform agri-food systems
29/07/2021
FAO actively contributed to High-level Political Forum (HLPF) discussions earlier this month, with calls for collaborative and science-based actions that stand to catalyze an agri-food systems transformation, leading to better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for all, leaving no one behind.
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Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape, lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
29/07/2021
Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots – new report
$127 million from World Bank to shore up food security and rural livelihoods in Yemen
28/07/2021
Support for joint work by FAO, UNDP and WFP comes as hunger intensifies
FAO Director-General reiterates call for more investment in rural areas and actions to end hunger and poverty
27/07/2021
Italy-FAO event connects G20-UN Food Systems Summit efforts to turn political commitments into actions
FAO Director-General: World faces historic task to turn the tide on ending hunger, poverty and achieving the other SDGs
26/07/2021
QU Dongyu urges global leaders at Rome gathering to change policies, mind-sets and business models to transform agri-food systems
FAO Director-General tells G20: to have healthy food, we need a healthy environment
22/07/2021
Reversing biodiversity loss and land degradation can reap $1.4 trillion per year
FAO Director-General meets with new Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
20/07/2021
Discussions between FAO and OCHA management centered on joint actions around priority areas of intervention and country-level coordination.
FAO and Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences take partnership to the next level
19/07/2021
A new Memorandum of Understanding will boost cooperation in the field of tropical agriculture science
Engaging youth to secure the sustainable future of food
14/07/2021
FAO and the World Food Forum provide a platform for youth participation and leadership in the transformation of agri-food systems
UN report: Pandemic year marked by spike in world hunger
14/07/2021
Africa posting biggest jump. World at critical juncture, must act now for 2030 turnaround
Daily updates: FAO at the 2021 HLPF
13/07/2021
FAO is actively participating in the High-level Political Forum (HLPF), helping map progress, challenges, and pathways to achieve SDG2 and transform agri-food systems, in addition to contributing to the follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Window for planting in northern Ethiopia narrows as hunger catastrophe looms
13/07/2021
Lack of access and funding hinder efforts to reboot local food production
FAO and the private sector hand in hand to transform agri-food systems in the Near East and North Africa
12/07/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu: The private sector is a driving force to boost markets, consumers and to transform agri-food systems in the Near East region
FAO Director-General: Family farmers are agents of change on the ground
09/07/2021
Beyond food production, family farmers fulfill key environmental, social and cultural roles
Global food prices fall for the first time in 12 months
08/07/2021
FAO Food Price Index fell by 2.5 percent in June, after a year of consecutive increases
Science, technology and innovation are key to agri-food systems transformation
08/07/2021
Global conference facilitated and hosted by FAO looks at new ways to unlock potential
A robust new strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
08/07/2021
The targets of the new 2030 Strategy of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) are in alignment with blue transformation, a pillar of FAO’s new Strategic Framework