A new study led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and research partners highlights that improving livestock productivity is key to achieving substantial reductions...

As the European Commission calls on countries to improve how they plan and allocate space and water for aquaculture, FAO’s programme on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) is already offering time-tested, community-driven examples. These agricultural systems, shaped over gene...

If the people of Europe and Central Asia are to have food on their plates, they must have water security. Moreover, water security is a catalyst for transforming the food and agriculture sectors of the region to become more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. Therefore, susta...

Financing designed to make our agrifood systems more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable can help prevent and mitigate food crises and ensure that much-needed help reaches the world’s poorest, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ...

Joint FAO/WFP news release

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that 

Genetic diversity is key to creating more resilient agrifood systems that withstand challenges such as shifting climate patterns. Since 80 percent of the food we consume is plant-based, preserving a wide range of genetic materials allows farmers to grow crops and varieties suited to their loca...

Boao, China – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu set out a multi-layered vision for the transformation of agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable as he addressed the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 on the last day of an ...

Forests cover almost one-third of the Earth’s land area, providing crucial benefits for both people and the environment. They protect soil and water, regulate the climate, and safeguard biodiversity.

Trees and other woody plants – shrubs, bamboo, and rattans – supply people with essentia...

Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) refers to any genetic material of plant origin of actual or potential value for food and agriculture.

PGRFA encompass not only cultivated plants, such as improved varieties and farmers’ varieties and landraces, but also crop wild r...

FAO has developed a publicly accessible near real-time database using satellite data that allows the monitoring of agricultural water productivity at different scales.

This database is the backbone of the WaPOR project that, now in its second phase, works with 13 partner countries to bui...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Municipality of Rome, kicked off celebrations for the International Day of Forests (IDF) 2025 by...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, and brittle with altitude. The wind moves over the ice in long, deliberate strokes, shaping a landscape caught between endurance and erosion. It is cold but not always freezing along the mountainside.

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From 24 to 28 March 2025, the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture will hold its Twentieth Regular Session. The Commission is the only permanent intergovernmental body that specifically addresses all components of biological diversity for food and agr...

Water is the lifeblood of our planet. It sustains ecosystems, supports food production, and is vital for both human and natural systems. For World Water Day 2025, we are shining a spotlight on one of the most critical yet often overlooked ecosystems: glaciers.

Glaciers and ice sheets sto...

Forests are one of the planet's greatest resources. But climate change and human impact pose growing threats.
Every year around the world, 10 million hectares of forest are lost to deforestation, and 70 million hectares are burnt by fires. In response, world leaders have committed to halt d...

On the occasion of the International Day of Forests, FAO Brussels’s Youth Team visited Frederik Vaes, Head of the Forest Department at Bruxelles Environnement, and the Guard Foresters, Bart and Sasha, to learn more about the realities of managing the Sonian Forest, which stretches through thre...

21 March marks the International Day of Forests, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012.  

With the theme Forests and foods, this year’s cel...