On the opening day of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), FAO Director-General QU Dongyu participated in four high-level events, where he outlined strategic pathways to transform global a...

Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) remains one of the most serious transboundary animal diseases worldwide. It is a highly contagious viral disease that spreads rapidly among cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. FMD spreads rapidly through direct contact between animals, con...

Long trips to the open sea and hours of waiting to catch fish will no longer be the norm for more than 1,500 fish-dependent households in East Sepik Province.

These fishing families are now benefitting from seven inshore Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) deployed near the islands of Wallis...

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...

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...

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 ...

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
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
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 ...

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
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) ...

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
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
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 ...

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...

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...

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 

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...