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17/09/2025

The current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak is an unprecedented crisis, demanding an urgent, science-driven response. 

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a highly contagious transboundary disease with zoonotic potential affecting both animal and human heal...

16/09/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, has launched the 2025 national livestock vaccination campaign to safeguard the livelihoods of over three million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists across the country, gripped by a...

15/09/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the entry into force of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, which aims to phase ...
12/09/2025

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for a New Social Pact that aligns human, artificial, ecological and social intelligence with fraternity, food, technology, and regeneration at its core.

Qu was invited to address a high-level roundtable organized by 

09/09/2025
09/09/2025
Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today opened in Rome the second launch of the 2025 Review of the World Marine Fishery Resources, the most comprehensive and part...
05/09/2025
05/09/2025
Rome – The benchmark of world food commodity prices remained largely unchanged in August, as increases in meat, sugar and vegetable oil prices offset declines in cereal and dairy quotations, according to the new report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
03/09/2025
Nineveh, Iraq – 2 September 2025 – A high-level delegation from the European Union (EU), led by Ms. Henrike Trautmann, Director for the Middle East, Northern Africa and the Gulf, and Mr. Lennart Deridder, Chargé d’Affaires and Head of Cooperation in Iraq, visited Shaqoli and Al-Hamdania in Nineve...
02/09/2025

On 2 September 2025, Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium, addressed the Commission on External Relations of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives with a presentation on FAO’s emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.&nbs...

02/09/2025
02/09/2025
Suva, Fiji –In a significant step toward strengthening its economy, Fiji officially launched its first-ever Agribusiness Incubation (ABI) Center today. The center will serve as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurs, offering crucial support to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) ...
28/08/2025

Zhimin Wu - 28/08/2025
We are well into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far East. In July, wildfires broke out throughout Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. Fires continue in Portug...

22/08/2025

22/08/2025
Joint FAO/UNICEF/WHO/WFP News Release

Rome/Geneva/New York – More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a

09/08/2025

09/08/2025
Rome – As famine looms in the Gaza Strip, a new assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) through satellite imagery reveals a staggering reality: 98.5 percent of cropland in the Gaza ...

04/08/2025

Food connects us all. It shapes our daily lives, cultures, and health. Yet we rarely pause to consider the journey it takes to reach us.

These fascinating journeys are the stories of From Seeds to Foods. The exhibition, with free entry to the public, will serve as a platform for hun...

04/08/2025

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UK  government have launched a new initiative to improve food security, boost rural livelihoods and help Afghan communities better withstand climate and economic shocks.

FAO’s Resilient Agriculture Livelihoods...

29/07/2025

Gaza faces the grave risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the 

28/07/2025

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, called for bold action, scaled-up investment, and stronger partnerships to accelerate global agrifood systems transformation, at the 

28/07/2025

An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress was not consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most subregions of Africa and western Asia, a...

28/07/2025

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report 2025 indicates that an estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress has not been consistent across t...

22/07/2025

The sustained increase in global food prices has had a profound impact on food security and nutrition, particularly in low-income countries where households spend a larger share of their income on food. A special event held today at the United Nations headquarters, on the margins of the ECOSOC...