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’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...

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...

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 

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Parties to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’  Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) have agreed to strengthen efforts to combat 

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...

An integrated mountain agropastoral system in Tajikistan has become the first Central Asian addition to the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, with a pine tree agroforestry system and traditional bamboo...

The FAO Director-General, Q...

With 1.3 billion individuals aged 15 to 24 globally, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released a comprehensive report titled “The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems,” which examines and em...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched the Financing for Shock-Driven Food Crisis (FSFC) Facility, a mechanism that builds on the existing initiative...