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FAO Food Price Index declines in November for third consecutive month
05/12/2025
Indigenous and local action brings back nature: UN recognizes three World Restoration Flagships
04/12/2025
The UN today recognized three new World Restoration Flagships in Australia, Canada and South Africa, anchored in Indigenous Peoples and local knowledge. Announced ahead of the 7th UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), the new initiatives...
FAO Brussels Director participates in EAT Europe roundtable in the European Parliament
03/12/2025
FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al-Khafaji participated in a roundtable discussion on ‘’A new pact between producers and consumers’’ held on the occasion of the launch of EAT Europe’s study on ‘Comparative Mapping of Food Sust...
A Community Working Together to Restore Fisheries in Phniet Koh Pong Satv village
03/12/2025
Introduction: A River at the Heart of the Community
Along the Serei Saophoan River, also known as the Sisophon River, in Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia, the Phniet Koh Pong Satv Community Fishery (CFi) has relied...
FAO’s new Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal seeks $2.5 billion to support 100 million people in 54 countries
03/12/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched its first-ever Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal, calling for a more coherent and urgent approach to rising ...
FAO presents IYWF 2026 at Copa and Cogeca’s 8th Innovation Award Ceremony
03/12/2025
The 8th edition of the Copa and Cogeca Innovation Award for Women Farmers, held at...
Implementation and Impact of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program
02/12/2025
Watch Hubert Boulet, Coordinator of the Sustainable Wildlife Management Program (SWM Program), present the impact of the initiative in 15 participating countries during ...
FAO launches the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 to strengthen these ecosystems and support the people who sustain them
02/12/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026), a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of and enhancing the vital con...
FAO at 80: The pursuit of better food for all
02/12/2025
A new history of FAO explores 80 years of food and agriculture and the work of the Organization to continue to shape agrifood systems in a changing world. Through words and photographs, FAO at 80: the pursuit of better food for all chronicles the Organization's milestones over the course of it...
Four key pathways to transform agrifood systems and promote global food security
01/12/2025
Danish Presidency and DG SANTE organize conference on farm animal welfare
01/12/2025
The Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, in collaboration with the European Commission’s DG SANTE, convened a high-level conference in Brussels titled “Welfare of Farm Animals in the EU of 2050 – A Pathway to the Future.” The event brought together policymakers, industry leaders, c...
Better land, soil and water management key to feeding 10 billion people, FAO warns
01/12/2025
Feeding a projected 10 billion people by 2050 will require bold and smarter choices in how the world manages its land, soil and water, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns in a new flagship report.
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The Mediterranean and the Black Sea: Fisheries sustainability concerns remain, but overfishing drops to its lowest level in a decade, while aquaculture feeds more people
28/11/2025
Although fisheries sustainability in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea remains a source of concern, the percentage of overfished stocks has dropped to its lowest level in a decade, a milestone that coincides with aquaculture’s rapid expansion as a major source of aquatic foods in the region,...
FAO Driving Circular Solutions in Sri Lanka’s Agrifood System
27/11/2025
The EU-FAO partnership is at the forefront of advancing circular economy practices in Sri Lanka’s agrifood sector through the EU-funded Circular Economy in the Food Sector (CIRCULAR) project.
FAO presented the CIRCULAR project at a rec...
FAO and COLEAD Launch Phytosanitary Legislation E-Learning Toolkit
26/11/2025
On 26 November 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Committee Linking Entrepreneurship-Agriculture-Development (COLEAD) launched the Phytosanitary Legislation E-Learning Toolkit.
This digital resource was developed to...
Women Leading the Wave: Strengthening Fisheries Governance in Pursat
26/11/2025
A Landscape of Water, Life and Barriers to Women's Leadership
In Pursat Province, where floating villages stretch across the Tonle Sap floodplain, the well-being of entire communities depends on healthy inland fisheries. Yet for ye...
Healthy herds across borders: Why FAO and EU are mass vaccinating hundreds of small ruminants in Aweil, South Sudan
25/11/2025
In the plains of Aweil in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, with goats and sheep dotting the horizon, it’s easy to understand why livestock means everything here. These small ruminants serve as the main sources of food, income, and savings for pastoralist families in the region, but they are vulnerable...
High-Level European Diplomats Hail Impact of EU-STREIT PNG Programme on Rural Livelihoods in Sepik, Papua New Guinea
25/11/2025
Senior diplomats from the European Union and Denmark have commended the tangible progress achieved in the Sepik region following a high-level field mission to observe the impact of the EU-STREIT PNG Programme.
H.E. Erika Hasznos, European Union Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and H.E. St...
On 28 November, join us for the launch of the 2025 edition of The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries (SoMFi)
24/11/2025
As the global population continues to increase, fisheries and aquaculture have a vital role to play in securing a sustainable future for our region.
Join us for the launch of the 2025 edition of The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries (SoMFi) on 28 Novemb...
Albania learns to adopt the EU LEADER approach, with FAO help
24/11/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Albania Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are working closely together to scale up efforts to equip the country for the effective implementation of the European Union LEADER measure under the instrument for p...