World Bee Day is celebrated every year on 20 May. This International Day, whic...

16/05/2025
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Geneva/New York/Rome/Washington – Acute food insecurity and child malnutrition rose for the sixth consecutive year in 2024, pushing millions of people to the brink, in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions, accord...

In a country that consumes around 500 000 tonnes of it a year, it is safe to say that the people of Côte d’Ivoire love to eat fish. In fact, it is their number one source of animal protein. According to their Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources, in 2023, Ivorians consumed 23.5 kilos of ...

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Cooperation at all levels, together with effective funding, are critical in the fight against transboundary pests and diseases (TPPDs), which each year destroy up to 40 percent of the world’s crops, Food and Agri...

Plant health is the foundation of food security and is interconnected with human, animal and environmental health. Healthy plants provide nutrient-rich diets for humans and animals and help promote a balanced ecosystem. Pest-infected plants can trigger a cascade of negative effects on food sup...

With the imminent risk of famine, agriculture on the brink of total collapse, and the possible outbreak of deadly epidemics in Gaza, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) calls for immediate restoration of humanitarian access and the lifting of blockades.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was awarded on Wednesday for its sustained effort to help Zimbabwe use satellite-tracked evidence to improve its crop production data.

FAO won the SDG Custodian Agency Prize at the seventh annual 

The recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Europe and the introduction of an exotic virus strain into the Near East underscore the urgent need for early dete...

Consumers in many countries are increasingly turning to food supplements and functional or health foods as part of their diets, in an effort to support their individual health and well-being, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging countries in Northwest Africa to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures as adult desert locust groups and small swarms - originating from the Sahel - moved into southern Sahara in the Western Region of ...

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today concluded a four-day official visit to Kyrgyzstan, where he took part in a tree-planting ceremony, opened an exhibition and toured a number of agricultural facilities including family farms after attending a 

The newly rehabilitated Mariama Airstrip was officially inaugurated yesterday, 28 April 2025, marking a significant step forward in connecting remote communities in the Karawari Rural LLG, East Sepik Province. This vital infrastructure project, restored by Papua New Guinea’s Rural Airstrip Age...

Intently typing on his mobile phone, Milivoje Ćosić, a smallholder farmer, university professor, and a father of three, throws glances from time to time at a sun-lit lawn where his cows are grazing at a distance. He is standing in front of his house in the Serbian village of Mionica, some 100 ...

Mountain regions especially in the world’s developing countries face growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, yet mountain communities have great potential for climate-resilient development and work to upgrade mountain products sectors such as organic food,...

The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) has just been selected as one of the top 20 projects competing in the 8th edition of the prestigious 

Partners of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Cocoa Programme (SCP) seized the opportunity of the Cocoa & Coffee festival organized in Yaoundé from 10 to 12 April to raise awareness among Cameroonian cocoa and coffee farmers on how to comply with the requirements of the EU Deforestation ...

Efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing have received a boost from the People's Republic of China, the world’s largest capture fisheries producer, which has become the 108th State to ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today, on Earth Da,y launched Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration (AIM4Na...

The war in Ukraine continues inflicting pressure on the agricultural sector, making it increasingly difficult for farmers and rural families to continue food production and sustain their livelihoods. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a&...