FAO to co-implement 21 new projects with $109 million in second round of Pandemic Fund financing
23/10/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will co-lead the implementation of 21 new projects as part of the second round of funding from
G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting: FAO calls for increased focus on Africa amid rising hunger
23/10/2024
QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), called today for an increased focus on Africa amid rising hunger there. Addressing the Meeting of Development Ministers from G7 countries, Qu underlined FAO’s commitment to a key initiative put fo...
Green Climate Fund approves funding worth over $130 million for FAO-led projects in Somalia and Iraq
23/10/2024
In a landmark decision, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding for two transformative projects valued at $134 million, to support adaptation and enhance the climate resilience of vulnerab...
“The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic,” says FAO Director-General
22/10/2024
The situation in the Middle East is catastrophic, FAO-Director General QU Dongyu said today in his address to the G7 Development Ministers’ Meeting taking place in Pescara from 22-24 October.
“If we want to save lives and prevent famine, we urgently need a humanitarian ceasefire and unli...
Protecting livelihoods and lives in Gaza
28/10/2024
Amid the ongoing horror of the conflict and alongside the tens of thousands of human victims in Gaza, Hakmah El-Hamidi has lost at least half of her animals. She has been raising livestock since she was a child, waking up at 7 a.m. to feed and care for them, repeating this task in...
At UN Biodiversity COP16, FAO steers countries to find solutions in agrifood systems
25/10/2024
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ULiège students visit the FAO Brussels office
09/10/2024
As a part of the long-standing collaboration between FAO and Belgian academic institutions, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels was pleased to welcome a group of students from the University of Liège.
Engaged in a course on food value chain analysis taught by Profess...
FAO launches new Four Betters Courses initiative
17/10/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today the new FAO Four Betters Courses initiative, aimed at extending FAO’s outreach and partnerships with academia to transform global agrifood systems. The initiative will provide a systematic and methodological fram...
Inspiring the future: Junior World Food Day and World Food Forum celebrate young changemakers
17/10/2024
Today, a vibrant gathering of young ...
World Food Forum: Inclusive innovation takes centre stage at SIF 2024
18/10/2024
The Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024), one of the three pillars of the World Foo...
Biodiversity - No Small Matter
21/10/2024
Biodiversity for food and agriculture comprises all the components of biodiversity that contribute to crop and livestock production, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture – both wild and domesticated, and at genetic, species and ecosystem levels. It is vital to food security and nutrition, livel...
World Food Forum 2024 closes after a week of collaboration and commitment to "Good Food for All – Today and Tomorrow
18/10/2024
The fourth annual World Food Forum (WFF) 2024 concluded today in Rome, marking the end of an impactful week at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) dedicated to transforming global ag...
Risk of famine remains high across the entire Gaza Strip as conflict intensifies and winter approaches
17/10/2024
One year into the conflict, the risk of famine remains high across the whole Gaza Strip with more people likely to fall into severe hunger as conflict intensifies and winter approaches, according to
FAO welcomes the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture
17/10/2024
FAO welcomed today the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Water Scarcity in Agriculture aimed at addressing water scarcity increasingly exacerbated by the climate crisis – ...
On World Food Day 2024, QU Dongyu highlights that all people have the right to adequate foods
16/10/2024
FAO's Director-General calls on all of us to renew our commitment to building more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient, and more sustainable agrifood systems.
Read his opening statement of the World Food Day ceremony and presentation of the FAO Achievement Award.
Follow the 2024 edition of the High-Level Rome Water Dialogue and find out what we can do to tackle water scarcity
17/10/2024
The third edition of the Rome Water Dialogue titled "High-Level Rome Water Dialogue on WASAG" will be organized in the framework of the World Food Forum 2024.
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World Food Forum: FAO Director-General opens Science and Innovation Forum 2024
16/10/2024
The third edition of the Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) opened today under the th...
World Food Day 2024: Global ceremony highlights the right to nutritious safe and affordable foods
16/10/2024
The global ceremony marking World Food Day 2024 took place here today, with participants underlining the need for universal access to enough diverse, nutritious, affordable, and safe foods. The event came ami...
FAO's Response to the Escalating Conflict in Lebanon: Safeguarding Food, Nutrition, Security and Agriculture
14/10/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is ramping up efforts to support the agriculture sector and safeguard food and nutrition security amid the escalating conflict in Lebanon.
FAO is co-leading the reactivated Food Security and Agriculture Cluster in partners...
WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger
16/10/2024
Everyone has a right to food. World Food Day, marked annually on 16 October, is being celebrated in more than 150 countries and over 50 languages. Stay tuned throughout the day as we take you to Rome for the main event at 10am local time at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organiza...