Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
22/08/2025
22/08/2025
Joint FAO/UNICEF/WHO/WFP News Release
Rome/Geneva/New York – More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a
Gaza Strip: 98.5 percent of cropland unavailable for cultivation as famine looms
09/08/2025
09/08/2025
Rome – As famine looms in the Gaza Strip, a new assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) through satellite imagery reveals a staggering reality: 98.5 percent of cropland in the Gaza ...
Afghanistan: FAO and UK launch GBP 10 million initiative to boost rural resilience and food security
04/08/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the UK government have launched a new initiative to improve food security, boost rural livelihoods and help Afghan communities better withstand climate and economic shocks.
FAO’s Resilient Agriculture Livelihoods...
Coming Soon: First FAO Global Exhibition - From Seeds to Foods
04/08/2025
Food connects us all. It shapes our daily lives, cultures, and health. Yet we rarely pause to consider the journey it takes to reach us.
These fascinating journeys are the stories of From Seeds to Foods. The exhibition, with free entry to the public, will serve as a platform for hun...
FAO at UNFSS+4: Time to accelerate the agrifood systems transformation
28/07/2025
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, called for bold action, scaled-up investment, and stronger partnerships to accelerate global agrifood systems transformation, at the
UN agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza
29/07/2025
Gaza faces the grave risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the
Beating hunger through social protection, investments and resilience: FAO Chief Economist
28/07/2025
The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report 2025 indicates that an estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress has not been consistent across t...
Hunger declines globally, but rises in Africa and western Asia: UN report
28/07/2025
An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress was not consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most subregions of Africa and western Asia, a...
FAO Director-General: Transforming the global coffee value chain is more than just an economic necessity
27/07/2025
Addressing a high-level panel at the...
FAO Chief Economist briefs the European Parliament IMCO Committee public hearing on rising consumer prices
15/07/2025
FAO’s Chief Economist Maximo Torero participated virtually in a public hearing of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) on the rise of consumer prices in the internal market.
During his intervention on understanding the drivers and causes b...
Low-income countries hit hardest by global food price inflation
22/07/2025
The sustained increase in global food prices has had a profound impact on food security and nutrition, particularly in low-income countries where households spend a larger share of their income on food. A special event held today at the United Nations headquarters, on the margins of the ECOSOC...
FAO and ITU launch “Robotics for Good - Youth Challenge 2025-2026” to tackle global food insecurity
08/07/2025
At the opening of the AI for Good Summit (8-11 July) in Geneva today, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) officially launched the
FAO Brussels at the Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) Paris 2025
28/03/2025
From 27 to 28 March 2025, the Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) joined thousands of participants in Paris, hosted by France and organized by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. The Summit is a key high-level global nutrition conference, where 127 delegations representing 1...
Launch of the Ghana Cocoa Monitor (GCM): Guiding policies and interventions for sustainable cocoa production
14/07/2025
Creating a trusted and inclusive platform for sector-wide learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
As the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, Ghana plays a crucial role in the global cocoa industry. However, the sector faces complex, interconnected chall...
FAO Investment Days 2025 focuses on more and better agrifood jobs
09/07/2025
Rome – Boosting investments in agrifood systems is a powerful lever to improve lives and can address the “alarming gap” of employment opportunities facing the 1.2 billion young people expected to enter the job market in the next decade, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Ag...
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2025-2034: Emerging economies will drive growth in animal-source food consumption and production
15/07/2025
Rome/Paris – Production and calorie intake of animal-source products are expected to increase as incomes rise in middle-income countries, but further increases in food production through improvements in agricultural productivity will be necessary to reduce under-nourishment and agri...
Global Environment Facility approves $70 million to support FAO projects in 28 countries
21/06/2024
Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week helped 28 countries to unlock $70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, gro...
World Food Week: from global to local at the African Diaspora Agrofood Forum 2023
20/10/2023
The FAO Liaison Office in Brussels joined the 7th African Diaspora Agrifood Forum 2023, organized by The Food Bridge. The theme of this year's event was: From Local to Global; strategizing for growth Agrifood entrepreneurship...
Global push to step up action against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing
12/05/2023
Parties to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) have agreed to strengthen efforts to combat
Ground-breaking data platform plays key role in tackling acute food insecurity in food crises
09/05/2023
Detailed, comprehensive and timely data is essential to address the impact of shocks such as droughts, earthquakes or conflict on agricultural production and livelihoods in parts of the world affected by food crises.
Since its launch, during the first wave of the COVID-19 global pandemic...