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The FAO Liaison Office for North America works with strategic partners in the United States and Canada to achieve the goal of defeating hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Based in Washington DC, our office provides a neutral platform for knowledge sharing to facilitate the transformation of agrifood systems in order to achieve global food security, leaving no one behind.

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Monitoring Global Commodity Markets

In Focus

FAO's Markets and Trade Division, with its expertise on world agricultural trade, provides analytical and policy information to the United Nations (UN) community, global stakeholders, and beyond. EST keeps a comprehensive market intelligence service of the main agricultural commodities, and houses the Secretariats of the  Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP), the Intergovernmental Commodity Groups (IGGs), and the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS).  EST also manages early warnings of food shortfalls.

Hunger Map 2026

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The interactive FAO World Hunger and Food Insecurity Maps 2026 present the latest global estimates of hunger and food insecurity. Explore current trends across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions, track progress toward SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and switch between the two SDG Target 2.1 indicators to get a clear view of today’s food security landscape: SDG Indicator 2.1.1 on the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) and SDG Indicator 2.1.2 on the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES).

Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases

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The FAO Global Partnership Programme for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GPP-TAD) is a country-owned initiative designed to foster collective action and co-investments for the prevention, preparedness and progressive control of transboundary animal diseases and zoonoses, through a One Health approach. GPP-TAD provides a shared framework for coordinated action while enabling tailored partnerships and strategic investment.

New World Screwworm: 5 facts about a growing animal health threat

STORY

Despite its name, the New World Screwworm isn’t a worm. It is a parasitic fly. Its name comes from the screw-like motion its larvae make when burrowing into tissue. It is painful and potentially deadly if left untreated. It can also, though less commonly, affect people.
As with the spread of other transboundary animal diseases, NWS has resurged across the Americas and spread across borders, threatening livestock production, disrupting trade and placing added pressure on farmers and veterinary services.

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