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24/07/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today presented a blueprint for a new global approach to tackle transboundary animal diseases. Left unchecked, these dis...
23/07/2026

New analysis released today shows improvements in food security and child nutrition across the Gaza Strip. However, the United Nations cautioned that the progress, driven largely by expanded access to humanitarian food, nutrition, agricultural and health assistance, remains fragile. While acce...

21/07/2026

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to Th...

21/07/2026

Three consecutive years of progress in reducing global hunger demonstrate that hunger is not inevitable, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said Tuesday at the launch of the 2026 edition of

14/07/2026
Promoting market transparency has become a basic element of FAO’s work and is widely valued by the international community, Director-General QU Dongyu said Monday in remarks opening the
14/07/2026

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today highlighted the importance of strengthening international cooperation to support coffee-producing countries and communities, as FAO and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) renewed their longstanding partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of...

14/07/2026

International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), highlighting the need to strengthen production systems, impro...

10/07/2026
Shocks to the world’s increasingly interconnected food and agricultural markets are growing in frequency and intensity, and evidence suggests there are effective policy measures that can mitigate and shorten their impact, according to a
09/07/2026

Join the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium (FAOLOB) in Brussels and contribute to international cooperation, climate action and sustainable agrifood systems in a multicultural environment. 

The role supports two key initiatives: 

06/07/2026

The United Nations’ international food standards-setting body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, is meeting on 6 to 10 July 2026 to adopt food safety and quality standards. 

Charged with protecting consumer health and ensuring fair practices in the food trade, the C...

06/07/2026

The 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission opened today in Geneva, with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General QU Do...

02/07/2026
This month, we bring you the latest updates from across the FAO network—from global food security and hunger hotspot alerts to new initiatives on gender equality, sustainable agrifood systems, and climate action.

We also spotlight key findings from The State of World Fisheries and Aquacult...
01/07/2026

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a total of $52.5 million for a cross-cutting project to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Government of Fiji and partn...

01/07/2026
Smart farming is no longer a future ambition — it is becoming essential for helping farmers produce more with fewer resources while strengthening resilience, rural development and agrifood systems. That was the central message as FAO today opened its first
30/06/2026

As climate change, geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic and market volatility and technological disruption continue to reshape agrifood systems, strategic foresight is becoming an increasingly important tool for helping policymakers, businesses and farmers anticipate change, make informed...

29/06/2026

At World of Coffee 2026 in Brussels, FAO Brussels joined a discussion on "Coffee Value Chains at a Policy Crossroads". The discussion was organized by the European Coffee Federation (ECF) and focused on sustainable and inclusive coffee value chains, bringing together coffee-producing coun...

29/06/2026
Global average gross agricultural income per worker is projected to increase by 9 percent by 2035, driven by productivity gains and broadly stable agricultural prices, according to a new rep...