‘Foods’ stands for diversity, nutrition, affordability, accessibility and safety. A greater diversity of nutritious foods should be available in our fields, fishing nets, markets, and on our tables, for the benefit of all.

Over 2.8 billion people in the world are unable to afford a healt...

The banana plantation quickly turns into a scene of frenzied activity. The farm manager places an emergency call to the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) to notify them that some of his trees are showing symptoms of the highly destructive 

FAO’s Chief Economist Maximo Torero will present the key messages of the UN’s State of Food Security and Nutritio...

24/09/2024
New York - On the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, the FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyi, met with H.E. Charles Michel, President of the European Council.

It’s a picture full of jarring contrasts. Shiny, late-model refrigerated trucks full of fruit pull up at the loading bays at supermarkets in some parts of the world. Elsewhere, farmers cultivating hillside fields load baskets of produce on their heads to get to the one road leading to the near...

The FAO Food Loss App (FLAPP) is designed to help farmers, companies, producer associations, and cooperatives make informed decisions to reduce crop losses.

Through video advisories and data visualization, FLAPP provides analyses of losses and their causes—from pests and diseases to poor...

NEW YORK – Correcting the gender gap in agrifood systems would dramatically reduce the worldwide hunger rate, raise the incomes of hundreds of millions of people and add $1 trillion to global gross domestic product, offering one of the most effective pathways towards the common objectives of...

New York – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has welcomed the adoption of the Pact for the Future, ...

Food loss and waste reduction should be seen as a means towards achieving other objectives, including improving food security and nutrition, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering pressure on water and land resources, which contribute towards increased productivity and economic growth....

22/09/2024
NEW YORK - Taking climate action through agrifood systems presents a unique opportunity to address all at once multiple global and local challenges, making it imperative that actors around the world exchange their experiences and information to foster a world with better solutions f...

On land as in water, there can be no food security without biodiversity: it allows plants and animals to reproduce and grow, adapt to natural and human-induced impacts, resist diseases and parasites, and continue to evolve.

11/09/2024
Rome – While the decline since 2023 in international commodity prices as reflected by the FAO Food Price Index marks an improvement, uncertainty in the international markets persists and needs to be addressed through transparency and fairness , QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Foo...

13/09/2024
Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil -The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed the inclusion of fisheries and aquaculture and family farming in this year’s G20 priorities, emphasizing their essential role in global nutrition and livelihoods.

15/08/2024
Wewak, Papua New Guinea – The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), under the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, is supporting efforts to transform the agricultural landscape of the Sepik region. Central to this transformation is the recent establishment of a new Resource Centre and Di...

12/09/2024
Amid growing international interest in the role of fisheries and aquaculture in feeding a growing global population while keeping the planet healthy, over 200 experts and policymakers are meeting at the Blue Food Forum to explore the potential of aquatic value chains in driving food...

06/09/2024
Tashkent – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is encouraging private-sector investments and private-public partnerships to make agrifood systems more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable, Director-General QU Dongyu today told ...

Yerevan – During his three-day visit to Armenia FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, underscored how the country boasts robust environmental resources that can be harnessed to improve rural incomes and farmers’ livelihoods, with agroforestry initiatives offering special promise.

“Farmers have t...

05/08/2024
Rome – In response to alarming new findings confirming famine conditions in parts of Darfur, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging an immediate cessation of hostilities, rapid scale up of life-saving food, nutrition and cash assistance as well a...

23/08/2024
Molondin, Switzerland - Director-General QU Dongyu has signed, on behalf of FAO, a Letter of Intent with the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (SFNV) to promote innovation and safeguard global agrifood systems for the future. 

The signing ceremony took place at an event ...

Farmers are the foundation of food security around the world. Yet, mounting challenges have depleted resources that underpin their success.

The cost of food had steadily risen since the onset of COVID-19 - even before the war in Ukraine sent shockwaves through the agrifood system. Extreme ...