G20 Agriculture Ministers: Agri-food systems are key to reducing inequalities, says FAO Director-General
17/09/2021
QU Dongyu emphasizes the need to address long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Afghanistan: FAO appeals for $36 million to urgently save rural livelihoods and avoid massive displacement
13/09/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu stresses that time is of the essence in address to UN High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
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Afforestation, key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in southeast Afghanistan
17/06/2021
FAO promotes high conservation value forest species to help contain deforestation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Paktia province.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises
05/05/2021
Conflict, economic shocks – including due to COVID-19, extreme weather – pushed at least 155 million people into acute food insecurity in 2020
Acknowledging the important role of farmers in agriculture growth in Afghanistan
25/03/2021
National Farmer’s Day, or Melay-e- Dehqan, is celebrated on the second day of the solar year across Afghanistan to honour Afghan farmers as food heroes.
Acute hunger set to soar in over 20 countries, warn FAO and WFP
23/03/2021
Call for urgent and at-scale action to avert rising hunger and risk of famine
New FAO-WFP report warns of shrinking window to prevent millions more people facing acute food insecurity in 16 hotspots
23/02/2021
Conflict and violence are driving extreme hunger in six major crises
Bonding on the job in Bamyan
23/02/2021
Women livestock keepers develop their skills and a greater sense of community
Japan pledges new funding to FAO’s emergency operations in Afghanistan
01/02/2021
Funding to provide time-critical agricultural support to 8 000 food insecure smallholder families.
‘Magical feed’ and facemasks in times of need and pandemic
31/01/2021
FAO increases the resilience of Kuchi nomadic communities through COVID-19 sensitization and anticipatory action in remote areas of Afghanistan.
5 ways FAO helps people before, during and after emergencies
04/01/2021
Saving livelihoods saves lives
Global Environment Facility approves over $78 million to support FAO-led projects
15/12/2020
16 countries will benefit from projects designed to conserve biodiversity, enhance ecosystem services, combat land degradation, and preserve natural resources on land and water
Food: it’s a human right
10/12/2020
How FAO is helping every man, woman and child have access to affordable and nutritious food
FAO calls for anticipatory action in support of agriculture to give relief and hope to households in crises
08/12/2020
Director-General spoke at UN Central Emergency Response Fund annual pledging event.
Five reasons why a sustainable and circular global bioeconomy just makes sense
19/11/2020
Here’s how FAO is helping the transition to a more sustainable future.
75 years of growing, nourishing and sustaining our world
16/10/2020
Take a virtual tour of FAO and its work ever the years.
The trail-blazing female entrepreneur leading Afghanistan’s growing saffron market
07/10/2020
Karima is opening doors for other Afghan women to enter the saffron industry.
Calling all foodies: this one’s for you!
18/06/2020
Be adventurous is your tastes, local in your choices.
FAO supports rural communities in Kunar province to promote sustainable forest management
30/04/2020
Kunar, Afghanistan – Under a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project in Afghanistan, FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) recently supported the rural communities...