Why is the climate unjust? While climate change is a global crisis, its effects on countries, people and communities are highly unequal. Those who have contributed the least to climate change bear the most burden, experiencing its severest impacts and lacking access to the resources, services and...

The United Nations Statistical Commission, has approved the creation of a new statistical domain on food security and nutrition statistics, marking the first time the highest standard-setting body in the inte...

"Whenever someone mentions “artificial intelligence,” or AI to me in the context of agriculture, I get excited and can’t help thinking we are at the brink of a massive paradigm shift that is reshaping the landscape of global food security. I can see the potential it offers to bring solutions c...

The people of Gaza are experiencing catastrophic levels of conflict-induced food insecurity and a high risk of famine, and that risk is increasing by the day, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Maurizio Martina said today at 

Sound and timely statistics are key to inform decisions, policies and investments that tackle issues related to food and agriculture, from hunger and malnutrition to rural poverty, from food systems productivity to the sustainable use of natural resources or to climate change.

FAO i...

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip have caused catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. Humanitarian access is significantly restricted and unequally distributed. Few shipments have reached northern governorates since 28 Nov. 2023. Famine Review Committee considers that the risk of Famine will...

QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), appealed for peace, recognition of the right to food, and reform of multilateral institutions as cardinal imperatives during the 

The FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels co-organized an event titled "Nourishing the Future: Strong Partnerships for Food Security and Better Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean".

The objective of the high-level even...

How to harness the potential of a dynamic region in transforming the ways in which our food is produced and distributed globally, while also tackling its own all-too persistent problems of hunger and poverty - these are the crucial challenges that ministers from across Asia and the Pacific will b...

The challenges of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the perils of the climate crisis and the complexities of leveraging finance were among the topics discussed at a gathering today of ministers from many of the ...

For decades, FAO has estimated the extent of hunger in the world using the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) indicator. It measures how many people do not have regular access to enough calories, or dietary energy, for an active and healthy life. Data readily available for most cou...

At a High-Level event organized by the Permanent Delegation of Brazil to the United Nations Rome-based agencies and Global Citizen, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted today the urgent need to prioritize food s...