The Global Soil Partnership (GSP) brings together more than 700 partners, representing FAO Members, national soil institutions, research centers, universities, the private sector, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, farmers’ associations, and civil society. GSP Partners play ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today scaled up conditional cash assistance to support reactivation of local crop production by an additional 1 000 farmers in the Gaza Strip.

With cash assistance, FAO conservatively estimates that 1 000 farmers can produ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Flanders have launched a new initiative to support rural communities in Mykolaivska oblast of Ukraine. The project will help restore agricultural production, rehabilitate land damaged by warfare and strengthen...

Reducing food loss and waste is crucial to improving food security, nourishing current and future generations, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and building a more sustainable world.

How much do you know about food loss and waste? Let’s find out! These brainteasers, quizzes, and crosswor...

As discussions continue this week at the United Nations in New York on how to operationalize the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), a new global initiative is se...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu launched two important initiatives during his official visit to China, both of which mark an important step forward in FAO’s partnerships with China and, he emphasized, show how the Organization works with countries to deliver practical solutions at scale.

“T...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a $50 million project, supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), to enhance the climate resilience of vulnerable smallholders in Jamaica.

The project focuses on areas where climate risks and food security cha...

The Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Máximo Torero, warned that the ongoing disruption to the Strait of Hormuz trade corridor is triggering one of the most severe shocks to global commodity flows in recent years, with significant implication...

“We went the furthest I have ever been from land. We only saw one ship a week crossing the horizon. There were birds and whales, and apart from that, just ocean, a deep ultramarine-coloured ocean, as far as the eye could see.”

Scientist Marco Milardi has taken part in a trip of a lifetim...

There is positive but still inadequate and uneven progress in tackling food insecurity in the Asia and the Pacific region, where around 25 million people escaped hunger in 2024, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said at a high-level event hosted during the 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marked International Day of Forests 2026 and 

The United Nations-designated International Year of the Woman Farmer (IYWF 2026)  shines a spotlight on the essential yet often overlooked roles women play across agrifood systems - from pr...

The escalation of conflict in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East has sharply increased risks to global energy, fertilizer, and agrifood systems. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for oil, gas, and fertilizers, has already seen disruptions that are raising energy and agr...

Agriculture continues to play a critical role in protecting Ukrainian communities from food insecurity, even as war-related shocks, declining incomes and limited access to inputs place growing pressure on rural livelihoods, according to new assessment released by the Food and Agriculture Organ...

Forests cover almost one-third of the Earth’s land area, providing crucial benefits for both people and the environment. They protect soil and water, regulate the climate and safeguard biodiversity.

Trees and other woody plants - shrubs, bamboos and rattans - supply people with essential...

For nearly 80 years, FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRAs) have provided the most accurate and up-to-date snapshot of the world’s forests. FRAs are unique in the way they build on data collected and reported by countries around the world. This collaborative approach, combined with a...

For fishers in Cagayan province, the sea is both generous and dangerous. In 2024 alone, six tropical cyclones swept over this area of the Philippines and devastated boats, nets, coastal shelters and agricultural fields inland. With extreme weather more common, the community’s work now goe...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for greater vigilance, innovation and collaboration in responding to increasingly frequent and severe pest invasions that threaten farms, forests, livelihoods and global food security.

Qu delivered his remarks at the opening of the