When you rely on the rain to live, what happens when it doesn’t come?

UN report finds worryingly low food consumption, limited dietary diversity and families being forced to cut meals or eat less

FAO hosts global symposium to catalyze efforts to reduce depletion of a non-renewable resource

Rome, Italy - The recently published FAO report ‘Agriculture-related investments in disaster risk reduction and mana...

Disappearing pollinators can mean losing some of the nutritious food we need for a healthy diet

The incredible work of a young, female microbiologist from Burkina Faso

This analysis aims to summarize the views submitted on KJWA topic 2(a): Modalities for implementation of the outcomes of the five insession workshops on issues related to agriculture and other future topics that may arise from the joint work on agriculture. The summary intends to make the wide...

Unlocking the potential of agricultural innovations, be it simple solutions or satellite-based technologies, will help prevent a drought from turning into famine and forced displacement and to reverse desertification, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today.

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The project is worth over $47 million and stands to directly benefit 1.3 million people

FAO welcomes IPCC special report on the link between climate change, land and food

Report provides new insights on managing droughts to safeguard food security

Because every facet of agricultural activity depends on the weather, unpredictable weather patterns caused by climate change and other meteorological phenomena have increased the need for precise weather data.

FAO’s Director-General announces new plan to support nature-based solutions to climate change

How FAO projects are encouraging youth to embrace technology and take the lead in the fight against climate change

Innovative forest monitoring platform SEPAL 2.1 goes mobile

FAO’s leader points to the need to turn food systems into accelerators of the SDGs

Dakar - The Government of Senegal, together with the Government of Quebec, FAO, and over seventy representatives from the public, research and private sectors, officially launched the Senegal component of a global project to strengthen adaptation planning capacities for food s...

Agriculture experts from 36 countries gathered in Rome from 25-27 September to exchange ideas on ways to implement the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) paving a way forward.

At a high-level discussion on the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for more in-depth analysis into consumer patterns and food production systems.

Innovation is key to ensuring access to water, food and income in the face of climate change