The FAO Council today approved the appointment of Daniel Gustafson as the new Deputy Director-General, Operations.

Gustafson, a United States citizen, has been with FAO for more than 18 years, serving in the field and at headquarters in a variety of capacities. He...

The FAO Liaison Office in Washington welcomes its new director this month, with the arrival on 1 November of Nick Nelson, former Assistant Director-General of Corporate Services at FAO Headquarters in Rome.

“The Director-General has highlighted the importance of strengthening partnerships...

FAO's commitment to fight emerging disease threats in "hotspot" regions worldwide is getting a boost with new funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Last week, Washington hosted the first International Conference on Child Labour in Agriculture. Some 160 participants, representing governments, inter-governmental organizations, trade unions, teachers and farmers organizations, cooperatives, non-governmental organizations and corporations from more than 50 countries took part in...

On the heels of the 2012 International AIDS Conference last week, we sat down with Karine Garnier, FAO’s Nairobi-based regional emergency officer for gender and HIV. Karine manages a regional project supporting people affected by HIV and gender inequities,...

FAO Bioenergy Officer Erika Felix took some time out of her busy schedule during a recent visit to Washington to speak with us about her work on “energy-smart” food systems and the Bioenergy and Food...

27 February 2012, New York – “Rural women are active economic agents who could unleash major advancements in hunger eradication and development if they were able to participate equally with men in the agricultural economy,” said FAO Deputy Director-General Ann Tutwiler,...

The World Bank recently launched an electronic sourcebook to explore and capture the expanding knowledge and use of information and communication technology tools in developing country agriculture. The ICT in Agriculture Sourcebook offers practical examples and case studies...

The Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank have launched an introductory e-learning course on social safety nets, aimed at providing an overview of safety net programmes and how they are used and customized for different contexts to reduce poverty...