European Union investment through the EU-STREIT PNG Programme has modernised and expanded processing and chocolate-making capacity at Papua New Guinea's leading domestic cocoa processor, strengthening demand for quality beans from cocoa farmers and driving the country's cocoa industry toward premium overseas markets.

Kabul – Rising fertilizer prices are threatening Afghanistan's 2027 wheat harvest just as farmers prepare for what could be one of the country's most promising wheat-growing seasons in years. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is appealing for USD 38.3 million to en...

The pilot initiative, carried out in the coastal town of Kavarna, also delivered Bulgaria's first integrated multitrophic aquaculture system, combining rainbow trout and Mediterranean mussel, and marked the first operational deployment of

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today presented a blueprint for a new global approach to tackle transboundary animal diseases. Left unchecked, these dis...

New analysis released today shows improvements in food security and child nutrition across the Gaza Strip. However, the United Nations cautioned that the progress, driven largely by expanded access to humanitarian food, nutrition, agricultural and health assistance, remains fragile. While acce...

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to Th...

Three consecutive years of progress in reducing global hunger demonstrate that hunger is not inevitable, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said Tuesday at the launch of the 2026 edition of

Promoting market transparency has become a basic element of FAO’s work and is widely valued by the international community, Director-General QU Dongyu said Monday in remarks opening the

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today highlighted the importance of strengthening international cooperation to support coffee-producing countries and communities, as FAO and the International Coffee Organization (ICO) renewed their longstanding partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of...

International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), highlighting the need to strengthen production systems, impro...

Shocks to the world’s increasingly interconnected food and agricultural markets are growing in frequency and intensity, and evidence suggests there are effective policy measures that can mitigate and shorten their impact, according to a

The Codex Alimentarius Commission today agreed to adopt new international gui...

The 49th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission opened today in Geneva, with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General QU Do...

This month, we bring you the latest updates from across the FAO network—from global food security and hunger hotspot alerts to new initiatives on gender equality, sustainable agrifood systems, and climate action.

We also spotlight key findings from The State of World Fisheries and Aquacult...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a total of $52.5 million for a cross-cutting project to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Government of Fiji and partn...