In readiness for the new planting season, FAO has started distributing urgently-needed seeds and tools to Haiti’s most vulnerable farmers to help them cope with the rising cost of food, fuel and fertilizer.
Some 600 tonnes of seeds, including bea...
As part of an urgent relief effort FAO’s Peru office has provided 36 800 doses of antiparistic medicines, antibiotics and vitamins to poor farmers in highland Peru whose livestock are suffering as a result of a severe unseasonable cold spell. The s...
FAO seeks USD 33.5 million to help small farmers and fishers restore livelihoods. With the clock ticking on Myanmar’s main planting season, agricultural support is urgently needed to restore food production in the country’s cyclone-hit...
Highlights
High-Level Conference on World Food Security
3-5 June: Securing world food security in light of climate change impact may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century... >>
Soaring Food Prices
In response to high food prices, FAO launched the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices to help the most affected countries boost agricultural production in the next planting seasons... >>
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... >>
3-5 June: Securing world food security in light of climate change impact may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century... 
In response to high food prices, FAO launched the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices to help the most affected countries boost agricultural production in the next planting seasons... 
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... 