For nearly 120 years, farmers in the northeastern region of modern-day Croatia have been making and enjoying artisanal dried sausage from high-quality local pork. The sausage is seasoned with ground paprika, garlic and white pepper, and then stuffed into a natural casing. Its extended fermenta...

The latest assessment using satellite data produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (

The United Nations has dedicated 2024 to recognizing and celebrating the vital contributions camelids make to livelihoods, food security, nutrition and culture.

The International Year of Camelids was proposed...

Having marked the fifth International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September 2024, experts and observers reaffirmed ...

The 29th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG) will be conducted as a hybrid event from 30 September to 4 October 2024.

During the 2024 Session, delegates will discuss a broad range of topics pertinent to the COAG mandate. These will include the outcomes of the 2nd Session of th...

FAO’s Chief Economist Maximo Torero will present the key messages of the UN’s State of Food Security and Nutritio...

‘Foods’ stands for diversity, nutrition, affordability, accessibility and safety. A greater diversity of nutritious foods should be available in our fields, fishing nets, markets, and on our tables, for the benefit of all.

Over 2.8 billion people in the world are unable to afford a healt...

The banana plantation quickly turns into a scene of frenzied activity. The farm manager places an emergency call to the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) to notify them that some of his trees are showing symptoms of the highly destructive 

The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) is designed to help farmers, companies, producer associations, and cooperatives make informed decisions to reduce crop losses.

Through video advisories and data visualization, FLAPP provides analyses of losses and their causes—from pests and diseases to poor...

Syracuse, ITALY –  Agriculture ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries met here and reiterated their broad commitment to make agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive,  r...

Food loss and waste reduction should be seen as a means towards achieving other objectives, including improving food security and nutrition, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering pressure on water and land resources, which contribute towards increased productivity and economic growth....

It’s a picture full of jarring contrasts. Shiny, late-model refrigerated trucks full of fruit pull up at the loading bays at supermarkets in some parts of the world. Elsewhere, farmers cultivating hillside fields load baskets of produce on their heads to get to the one road leading to the near...

24/09/2024
New York - On the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyi, met with H.E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council.

NEW YORK – Correcting the gender gap in agrifood systems would dramatically reduce the worldwide hunger rate, raise the incomes of hundreds of millions of people and add $1 trillion to global gross domestic product, offering one of the most effective pathways towards the common objectives of...