Brussels, 4 March 2026 - Sustainable aquatic foods are central to the future of global food security and healthy diets and FAO’s Blue Transformation that promotes the effective management of all fisheries resources, ensuring healthy stocks, sustainability, and equitable livelihoods is crucial in ...

Ministers from around Latin America and the Caribbean region gathered in Brazil’s capital Wednesday to decide on and outline priority actions for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its regional partners for the next two years.

The region has been a stando...

Brussels, 3 March 2026 - Innovation and generational renewal need to be at the centre of agrifood systems transformation, stressed FAO Brussels Director Raschad Al‑Khafaji during the launch of the Agrifood Trends Report 2026 at the European Parliament. He underlined that meeting the growing globa...

Brussels, 3 March 2026 - Generational renewal and the meaningful inclusion of young people need to be at the centre of agrifood systems transformation. This was one of the messages conveyed by FAO during the European Committee of the Regi...

Naturally growing in Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zam...

FAO places innovation at the heart of the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind. Supporting the 2030 Agenda, the FAO Strategic Framework 2022...

From mountain terraces and pastoral grasslands to centuries-old vineyards and salt-harvesting landscapes, a quiet but powerful movement is gaining momentum all around Europe and Central Asia. It is a movement that values not only what agriculture produces, but also how it is practised, where i...

While progress has been achieved in land tenure and governance over the past 20 years, the ownership, tenure or use rights of only 35 percent of the world’s land is formally documented, according to the Status of Land Tenure ...

Nearly 6.5 million Somalis face high levels of hunger, and more than 1....

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have renewed and deepened their long‑standing collaboration, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 19 February 2026 to advance scientific cooperation and strengthen global f...

Agrifood systems are playing an increasingly central role in countries’ biodiversity strategies and actions, according to preliminary findings presented during a High-Level Roundtable hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its headquarters in Rome.

Feeding a growing global population will require more food, feed and fibre. But continuing our current path is putting unsustainable pressure on land, soil, water and ecosystems.

Between 1964 and 2023, most of the growth in agricultural production came from intensification, with agricult...

Through the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on One Health, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environme...

Small-scale fisheries (SSF) across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea are facing a critical demographic challenge. According to The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries 2025, almost half of small-scale fishers (47 p...

A high‑level delegation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) last week visited the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, with the shared goal of accelerating the transfer of nuclear-based agricultural innovations to country and r...

After five years of coordinated work, the agricultural sector in Serbia is better prepared to face future climate risks. Through the project Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Agriculture, funded by the European Union and implemented from March 2021 to January 2026, climate resilience has be...

Food loss and waste (FLW) can be a reservoir and even an accelerator for anti-microbial resistance (AMR), highligh...

Kabul, Afghanistan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Government of France are supporting earthquake-affected communities in eastern Afghanistan to restore food security, improve nutrition, and...

The International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed each year on 11 February, highlights the vital contributions of women and girls to scientific progress and innova...