Salzburg - Austria marked a significant milestone as it celebrated the formal recognition of Traditional Hay Milk Farming in the Austrian Alpine Arc as a FAO Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS). The event, attended by 800 guests, mainly farmers from th...

Why is the climate unjust? While climate change is a global crisis, its effects on countries, people and communities are highly unequal. Those who have contributed the least to climate change bear the most burden, experiencing its severest impacts and lacking access to the resources, services and...

Women play a vital role in our agrifood systems: as farmers, retailers, wage workers, entrepreneurs, and beyond. But their working conditions and economic opportunities are influenced by gender inequalities within the household, the community, the institutions, and the broader society.

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Cooperatives in Türkiye, supported by FAO, are promoting women’s entrepreneurship and economic self-sufficiency. 

By providing them with machinery and equipment, FAO ensured that women-led cooperatives received the help they needed to rebuild and recover after the earthquake. Such initiati...

Climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, people living in poverty, and older populations, as their capacity to react and adapt to extreme weather events is unequal, a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) finds.

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The United Nations Statistical Commission, has approved the creation of a new statistical domain on food security and nutrition statistics, marking the first time the highest standard-setting body in the inte...

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip have caused catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. Humanitarian access is significantly restricted and unequally distributed. Few shipments have reached northern governorates since 28 Nov. 2023. Famine Review Committee considers that the risk of Famine will...

The FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels co-organized an event titled "Nourishing the Future: Strong Partnerships for Food Security and Better Nutrition in Latin America and the Caribbean".

The objective of the high-level even...

The people of Gaza are experiencing catastrophic levels of conflict-induced food insecurity and a high risk of famine, and that risk is increasing by the day, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Maurizio Martina said today at 

At a High-Level event organized by the Permanent Delegation of Brazil to the United Nations Rome-based agencies and Global Citizen, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted today the urgent need to prioritize food s...

For decades, FAO has estimated the extent of hunger in the world using the Prevalence of Undernourishment (PoU) indicator. It measures how many people do not have regular access to enough calories, or dietary energy, for an active and healthy life. Data readily available for most cou...

Sound and timely statistics are key to inform decisions, policies and investments that tackle issues related to food and agriculture, from hunger and malnutrition to rural poverty, from food systems productivity to the sustainable use of natural resources or to climate change.

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QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), appealed for peace, recognition of the right to food, and reform of multilateral institutions as cardinal imperatives during the