The Kingdom of Belgium and FAO share a strong dedication to eradicating poverty, hunger, and malnutrition worldwide. Their partnership is built on a foundation of shared values, a unified vision, and collaborative action to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. By leveraging inn...

Climate change is the result of human activities and is a threat to human and natural systems. We can already see its impact.

Global temperatures are rising, extreme weather events are intensifying, severe wildfires are becoming more frequent and water scarcity is worsening.

Throug...

Rome – A refined study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) involving 156 countries confirms that hidden costs within global agrifood systems amount to approximately $12 trillion annually. Of this figure, around 70 percent ($8.1 trillion) arise from unhealthy di...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Rome - Policy makers, researchers and the public have a new resource to gauge the scale and importance of agrifood systems in providing employment around the world.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched five new indicators and overhauled the da...

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...

The triple Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Convention on Biological Diversity , the 

Des Moines, Iowa – Breakthroughs in genetic science have brought the world to “the dawn of a new era” and can propel solutions to a spectrum of inter-related global challenges including assuring food security, tackling the climate crisis and protecting biodiversity, QU Dongyu, Director-Gener...

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...

Closing the gap between ambition and implementation is the next frontier in the struggle to conserve the vast array of plant and animal species comprising life on earth and the habitats they rely on, including our own.

Currently, 

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...

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...