New York // The United Nations celebrated the second observance of the World Bee Day by calling attention to the threats that bees face from the combined effects of climate change, intensive agriculture, biodiversity loss...

  New York // FAO co-organized an Informal Interactive Dialogue on Commodity Markets, together with the President of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly (PGA), H.E. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, and the United Nations...

Ways to maximize the benefits of agroecology in promoting healthier and sustainable food were discussed in detail through two events at the United Nations in New York. The events, one seminar and one webinar, were co-organized...

New York // Societal benefits of sustainable wood value chains and ecosystem restoration received prominent attention through FAO’s engagement in the Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF14). The FAO delegation was led...

  The 2019 Global Report on Food Crises ‘ clearly underscore the need for simultaneous action across the humanitarian– development nexus, along with investments in conflict prevention and sustaining peace, said Dominique Burgeon, FAO's Director of...