USD 10 million urgently needed to assist poor farming and fishing communities. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for USD 10 million to assist poor farming and fishing communities in Myanmar devastated by cyclone N...
Statement by FAO's Director General, Dr Jacques Diouf, following the announcement by U.S. President George W. Bush that he is asking Congress to approve an additional USD 770 million in food aid and assistance to agriculture to address the food...
High food prices not just threat but opportunity - FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today called on the international community not only to take immediate action to de-fuse the current world food emergency but also to seize the opportunities offere...
Highlights
Sri Lanka: Common Humanitarian Action Plan 2008
FAO has helped thousands of families to increase their self-reliance and improve their nutritional intake, while boosting local rural economies... >>
Avian Influenza Programme
With the emerging crisis of avian influenza, FAO established the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)... >>
Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health
Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains an unparalleled international crisis. Other animal diseases also present cause for alarm... >>
Climate Variability and Change
Evidence suggests that human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute to global warming... >>
FAO has helped thousands of families to increase their self-reliance and improve their nutritional intake, while boosting local rural economies... 
With the emerging crisis of avian influenza, FAO established the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)... 
Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains an unparalleled international crisis. Other animal diseases also present cause for alarm... 
Evidence suggests that human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contribute to global warming... 