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...

With more than 40 percent of the world’s land already degraded, the future of our planet faces critical challenges in feeding a growing global population.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

Vienna – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today celebrated the 60-year partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by underscoring the remarkable advancements achieved by this unique collaboration with...

The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), an inter-agency platform which works to increase transparency in international food markets, welcomed a EUR 1.2 million contribution from the European Union’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI). The grant will ...

Today, FAO Deputy Director-General, Beth Bechdol, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa (RAF), Abebe Haile-Gabriel, and Director of the FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience, Rein Paulsen, have concluded a seven-day mission to the Democratic Republic of the Con...

Baku, Azerbaijan– The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought a critical message to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan: increased investment in agrifood systems is e...

For the past two decades, the FAO Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) has been the frontline force in safeguarding global animal health and livelihoods. By leveraging cutting-edge research and international collaboration, we swiftly address outbreaks of animal disea...

Rome – Fishing plays a crucial role in global food security, yet it remains one of the most dangerous occupations on earth, with an estimated 100,000 fatalities each year.

As the COP29 climate cha...

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Baku - To help farmers navigate their way through dozens of initiatives and programs working to support climate-resilient agrifood systems transformation, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Azerbaijan COP29 Presidency, today launched...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched its 2024 Statistical Yearbook, offering an in-depth overview of the most significant trends shaping global agrifood systems. ...