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...

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...

Despite growing up in Kakheti, a well-known wine region and the agricultural heart of Georgia, Sophio Khutitdze saw herself as a doctor. She was always drawn to the sciences with chemistry and biology being her favourite classes in high school. She even applied to medical school and took the n...

Fish fraud, in a variety of guises, is widespread in markets around the world, and there are a growing number of tools to combat it, according to a new report published by the ...

World Pulses Day, 10 February, is an opportunity to celebrate the critical role these nutritious seeds play in addressing challenges of poverty, food security, nutrition, soil healt...

The measure of world food commodity prices declined in January for the fifth consecutive month, led by lower international quotations for dairy, sugar and meat products, according to the benchmark...

Africa’s push to accelerate sustainable agricultural mechanization gained fresh momentum today as the Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mwigulu L. Nchemba, launched Tanzania’s National Agricultural Mechanization Strategy 2026–2036 at the opening of the 

Wetlands are fundamental to global food security and nutrition. They support inland and coastal fisheries and aquaculture, and supply water for crops and livestock production. They also underpin the production of staple foods, particularly in human-made wetlands, such as rice paddies and ponds...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are implementing a $100 million initiative to bolster food and nutrition security and restore agricultural livelihoods for more than one million vulnerable people across Afghanistan.

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