The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched the Global Family Farming Forum, celebrati...

Innovative and targeted approaches to development are in ever-greater demand, as underscored by growing participation in the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2024, which began today in Rome during the 

Laruwati Kamat, a rural woman farmer from Siraha district in eastern Nepal, has always known the value of fresh food. For generations, her family followed seasonal patterns to cultivate vegetables, believing certain months were the only viable time to grow. However, her approach to f...

The world's farmers produce enough food to feed more than the global population yet, hunger persists. Around 733 million people are facing hunger in the world due to repeated weather shocks, conflicts, economic downturns, inequality, and the pandemic. This impacts the poor and vulnerable most sev...

We are excited to announce that starting on 14 October, the World Food Day radio and television spots will be broadcast on BRF, the pub...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), created in 1945, stepped into the spotlight during the trailblazing 1960s, with a mission to champion global food security.

In 1963, the 'Freedom from Hunger' campaign hosted the World Food Congress in Washington, D.C., s...

Rome – The fourth edition of the World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event, the largest annual gathering of agrifood systems stakeholders globally,...

For nearly 120 years, farmers in the northeastern region of modern-day Croatia have been making and enjoying artisanal dried sausage from high-quality local pork. The sausage is seasoned with ground paprika, garlic and white pepper, and then stuffed into a natural casing. Its extended fermenta...

In a historic audience at the Quirinale Palace today, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, alongside Italian President Sergio Mattarella, announced the creation of the FAO Food and Agriculture Museum and Network in Rome. Together, they unveiled the official logo for the museum, which will be inaugu...

The United Nations has dedicated 2024 to recognizing and celebrating the vital contributions camelids make to livelihoods, food security, nutrition and culture.

The International Year of Camelids was proposed...

Syracuse, ITALY –  Agriculture ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries met here and reiterated their broad commitment to make agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive,  r...

The latest assessment using satellite data produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (