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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum 2024 opens in Fiji to share agrifood transformation solutions
05/11/2024
Nadi, Fiji - Pacific Islands countries began a key gathering here today to work toward agrifood systems transformation that addresses their unique challenges and vulnerabilities particularly in the context of the climate crisis.
Organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the U...
From hardship to harvest in KazakhstanRural women are being empowered with greenhouses and training
05/11/2024
The eyes of Aishagul Duganova, a 48-year-old mother of three, light up as she talks about her new greenhouse, which is bringing with it new stability amidst her family's health problems and money troubles.
In the village of Koram, around 150 kilometers east of Almaty in Kazakhstan, A...
From 5-8 November, join us virtually for the 2024 Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum
04/11/2024
Happening from 5 to 8 November 2024, the 2024 Pacific SIDS Solutions Forum, co-organized with the Government of Fiji, is a major international forum aiming to support the Pacific countries’ agrifood systems transformation. The theme of the high-level gathering is ‘Transforming Agrifo...
Quadripartite partners organize High-Level One Health Meeting in collaboration with the Brazil's Ministry of Health at the G20 Summit
01/11/2024
Joint News Release | Rome/Nairobi/Geneva/Paris - The Quadripartite collaboration on One Health – comprising the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN E...
FAO adds to data coverage of employment in agrifood systems
01/11/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched five new indicators and overhauled the da...
FAO's call for agrifood systems transformation resounds at UN Biodiversity COP16 in Colombia
01/11/2024
Cali, Colombia – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded its impactful participation in the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) in Cali, Colombia, where its central messa...
New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others
31/10/2024
Rome – Acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories, according to a new United Nations report. The report...
Read your way to the COPs 2024
30/10/2024
The triple Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Convention on Biological Diversity , the
The genetic revolution can support food security, tackle the climate crisis and protect biodiversity
29/10/2024
Protecting livelihoods and lives in Gaza
28/10/2024
Amid the ongoing horror of the conflict and alongside the tens of thousands of human victims in Gaza, Hakmah El-Hamidi has lost at least half of her animals. She has been raising livestock since she was a child, waking up at 7 a.m. to feed and care for them, repeating this task in...
At UN Biodiversity COP16, FAO steers countries to find solutions in agrifood systems
25/10/2024
Currently,
G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting: FAO calls for increased focus on Africa amid rising hunger
23/10/2024
QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), called today for an increased focus on Africa amid rising hunger there. Addressing the Meeting of Development Ministers from G7 countries, Qu underlined FAO’s commitment to a key initiative put fo...
UN Brussels Team and DG CLIMA engage ahead of COP-29
23/10/2024
The UN Brussels team Working Group on the Green Deal, which is co-chaired by FAO and UNEP, invited to an exchange between the Brussels-based UN agencies and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA). The meeting discussed key updates related to the upcomi...
Green Climate Fund approves funding worth over $130 million for FAO-led projects in Somalia and Iraq
23/10/2024
In a landmark decision, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding for two transformative projects valued at $134 million, to support adaptation and enhance the climate resilience of vulnerab...
FAO to co-implement 21 new projects with $109 million in second round of Pandemic Fund financing
23/10/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will co-lead the implementation of 21 new projects as part of the second round of funding from
“The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic,” says FAO Director-General
22/10/2024
The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic, FAO-Director General QU Dongyu said today in his address to the G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting taking place in Pescara from 22-24 October.
“If we want to save lives and prevent famine, we urgently need a humanitarian ceasefire and unli...
Biodiversity - No Small Matter
21/10/2024
Biodiversity for food and agriculture comprises all the components of biodiversity that contribute to crop and livestock production, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture – both wild and domesticated, and at genetic, species and ecosystem levels. It is vital to food security and nutrition, livel...
The RESSOURCE+ Project/Sahelian Wetlands Site of the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) Programme: much more than a conservation initiative
19/10/2024
Namur, 19 October 2024 - This year’s edition of the Namur Internatio...
World Food Forum: Inclusive innovation takes centre stage at SIF 2024
18/10/2024
The Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024), one of the three pillars of the World Foo...
FAO Brussels launches Students4Food Inspirational Talks, a new event series at Ghent University Ghent
18/10/2024
Driven by the FAO mission to build strong connections with academia and to inspire students and youth to be part of the global efforts of transforming our agrifood systems, the Liaison Office in Brussels was proud to establish the Students4Food Inspirational Talks. Held in the framework o...