The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today the new FAO Four Betters Courses initiative, aimed at extending FAO’s outreach and partnerships with academia to transform global agrifood systems. The initiative will provide a systematic and methodological fram...

FAO welcomed today the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – ...

The third edition of the Rome Water Dialogue titled "High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG" will be organized in the framework of the World Food Forum 2024.

Register 

One year into the conflict, the risk of famine remains high across the whole Gaza Strip with more people likely to fall into severe hunger as conflict intensifies and winter approaches, according to 

The world's farmers produce enough food to feed more than the global population yet, hunger persists. Around 733 million people are facing hunger in the world due to repeated weather shocks, conflicts, economic downturns, inequality, and the pandemic. This impacts the poor and vulnerable most sev...

Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, is being celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50 languages. Stay tuned throughout the day as we take you to Rome for the main event at 10am local time at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organiza...

FAO's Director-General calls on all of us to renew our commitment to building more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable agrifood systems.

Read his opening statement of the World Food Day ceremony and presentation of the FAO Achievement Award.

 

The global ceremony marking World Food Day 2024 took place here today, with participants underlining the need for universal access to enough diverse, nutritious, affordable, and safe foods. The event came ami...

The third edition of the Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) opened today under the th...

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) invited FAO to provide a briefing to the 6th Rural Pact Debate, focusing on the development of regional bioeconomy strategies to enhance rural development. The event emphasized the importance of maximizing local resources in rural areas through...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched the Global Family Farming Forum, celebrati...

Innovative and targeted approaches to development are in ever-greater demand, as underscored by growing participation in the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2024, which began today in Rome during the 

Laruwati Kamat, a rural woman farmer from Siraha district in eastern Nepal, has always known the value of fresh food. For generations, her family followed seasonal patterns to cultivate vegetables, believing certain months were the only viable time to grow. However, her approach to f...