FAO hails landmark UN resolution that enshrines rights of peasants and rural workers
18/12/2018
FAO has hailed a landmark United Nations General Assembly resolution adopting the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas.
The Declaration, which the General Assembly adopted on 17 December 2018, aims to protect the rights of all rural populations including peasants, agricultural and rural workers and indigenous...
International Mountain Day: FAO Mountain Partnership and UNDP GEF Small Grants Program combine efforts to promote mountain products
11/12/2018
The Mountain Partnership/FAO and UNDP’s Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme launched a joint program to promote mountain products with the aim of improving the lives of mountain peoples and conserve mountain environments in the context of climate change. The program was announced during the celebration of International Mountain...
FAO hails CERF’s importance in saving livelihoods
07/12/2018
“Since its creation in 2006, CERF is a key partner for FAO to save lives and livelihoods. With CERF funding, FAO has helped millions of people hit by crises to continue producing and accessing food despite violence and natural disaster,” informed Carla Mucavi, Director of FAO Liaison Office in New...
Stop soil pollution to ensure progress on food security and sustainable development, says FAO at World Soil Day celebration
03/12/2018
“Soils are a silent ally of sustainable development. To make sure the soil agenda is not forgotten, it must remain in the policy debate and action at the global and national level,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, at the World Soil Day...
UN declaration on rights of peasants and rural people is a landmark, says FAO
14/11/2018
The Declaration on the Right of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas will be a landmark and support efforts to end poverty, achieve Zero Hunger, and fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York,...
The world cannot stand by watching Yemen’s human tragedy
06/11/2018
The international community is failing to end hunger, evidenced by the tragic crisis in Yemen, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) José Graziano da Silva told a high-level briefing on food insecurity to Member States at the United Nations in New York.
FAO speaks on right to food and UN declaration on rights of peasants
29/10/2018
“Ensuring the right to food and of peasants and rural workers are necessary steps to fulfill the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York, during the Seventy-third Session of the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee...
Decisive steps taken towards the proclamation of the International Year of Plant Health
29/10/2018
Over 90 participants from 70 UN delegations gathered at the Finnish Mission at the United Nations on 29 October to express their support for the proclamation of an International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020.
The reception, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Finland, was the culmination of a series...
World Food Day celebration in New York urges collective action to achieve Zero Hunger
16/10/2018
“We committed to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, it is now our responsibility to act and reverse the trend of increasing hunger and malnutrition that haunts us today,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office to the UN, during an event to commemorate World...
Sustainable agriculture is part of solution to climate change, says FAO in 2nd Committee
15/10/2018
“The window to curb global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is closing and success depends on a concerted and scaled-up effort. Sustainable agriculture has a critical role to play,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York, during the Seventy-third Session of...
Close the gender gap, FAO calls for in 3rd Committee
11/10/2018
“Evidence shows that agriculture policies that contribute to closing the gender gap are among the most effective measures to reduce poverty, increase production, improve social welfare, economic growth and community resilience. In other words, closing the gender gap is an effective pathway to sustainable development,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of...
FAO highlights potential of agricultural trade as a climate change adaptation tool
11/10/2018
Climate change will have an increasingly adverse impact on many regions of the world, with those in low latitudes being hit the hardest, warned the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee discussion on Macroeconomic policy, trade and development on 11...
In 2nd Committee General Debate, FAO stresses urgency to respond to rising food insecurity
10/10/2018
There are few issues that need to be addressed as urgently as the alarming trend in food insecurity, said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations in New York, during the Seventy-third Session of the United Nations General Assembly Second Committee General Debate at the...
Partnerships for food waste reduction can create new opportunities and contribute to sustainable local development, says FAO
05/10/2018
“There is an increasing pressure to produce more food to feed growing and urbanizing populations. But as we produce more, we also wasting more,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, at the event on “Waste not: conversations with chefs and policy makers” on...
Healthier diets will help curb the spread of non-communicable diseases
27/09/2018
Rethink food systems to improve access to quality food, says FAO Deputy-Director General Maria Helena Semedo
Supporting family farmers is key for providing healthier diets, preserving the environment and creating rural prosperity
27/09/2018
The UN Decade of Family Farming will assist achievement of the SDGs, says FAO Director-General
Gender gaps in African agriculture are holding back progress
26/09/2018
African Union and FAO call for greater support to rural women as agents of change to end hunger
EU and FAO scale up efforts to boost resilience to food crises
25/09/2018
EU contributes €70 million to strengthen global partnership against hunger
FAO focus on breaking the cycle between conflict and hunger
25/09/2018
Director-General calls for building resilient livelihoods as the path to sustainable peace
UNGA Mandela Peace Summit: Where conflicts arise, hunger increases says DG FAO
24/09/2018
Graça Machel joins FAO Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance