In one of the many Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) sites outside the city of Goma, in an eastern, war-torn part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 32 500 people live in temporary shelters – a  sea of white tents meets the blue sky on the horizon. Just 18 kilometres from the...

Cairo - Hunger in the Arab region worsened amid deepening crises in 2023, according to a UN report launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programm...

In recent years, FAO has implemented several measures and initiatives to become more dynamic, efficient and effective in supporting Members and working with partners to transform agrifood systems, making them MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable for better p...

Three global events taking place in December, the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention to Combat Desertification of the United Nations, 

It tastes a bit like bacon when you fry it, and it’s affordable and packed with protein. Meet the Sakondry (Zanna tenebrosa), a tiny jumping insect that has been a popular snack for hundreds of years, mainly in the rural areas of Madagascar’s east coast.

But it’s more than just a tasty t...

Bangkok – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released its first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years. The report shows that nearly 1.4 billion hectares of land (just over 10 percent of the total global land area) are al...

Bangkok – For the second year running, FAO has signaled its commitment to putting the needs of countries and regions front and center in the collective effort to steer the planet’s agrifood systems onto a more productive and sustainable pathway.

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Bangkok - The first International Soil and Water Forum opened today to map out concrete measures to boost global efforts in managing water scarcity and reversing soil degrad...

Riyadh - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched a new program, aimed at strengthening efforts to transform global agrifood systems – from farm to table - so that they are sustainable, nat...

Rome - At global celebrations marking Word Soil Day 2024, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today highlighted the crucial need for accurate soil data and information to unde...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is seeking $1.9 billion for 2025 to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the world's most food-insecure populations, as acute hunger tightens its grip across the world’s major food crises. With these funds,...

A group of eight women sit together in a circle, their crossed legs enveloped in the vibrant colours of their traditional cotton dresses. They sit on the dirt ground next to a tent for relaxing, but the women don’t seem to have time to use it.

Most are discussing their work in their gard...

Cairo - FAO joined the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General and humanitarian partners in calling for unrestricted and safe access to deliver at-scale emergency agricultural aid to prevent the spread of famine and further loss of lives. FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol spok...

With the approach of the Organization’s 80th Anniversary, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) renewed his call to make the Organization more efficient, more effective and more coherent with “even more meaningful, transparent and visiona...

International trade of food and agricultural products has grown robustly in recent decades and makes very significant contributions to food and nutrient diversity, availability and affordability around the world, a 

The Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted an...