16 July 2019, New York - Family farmers need enabling public policies and legal frameworks that will “allow them to adapt and flourish in today’s changing environment” and maximize their contribution to sustainable development, FAO...

Obesity affecting populations of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is a health emergency and these nations need to take ownership of measures to address this worrying trend’s underlying causes, said FAO Director-General José Graziano...

This year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report has found that world hunger is still not going down after three years and obesity is still growing.

FAO is co-organizing and participating in numerous events during the 2019 High-Level Political Forum. Join us to learn and discuss how transforming food and agriculture can transform the world.  

Coordinated action on a global scale is necessary to ensure people’s right to safe, nutritious and sufficient food, officials agreed at the New York celebration of the first ever World Food Safety Day, jointly organized...