Celebrating the popular beverage important to farmers, development and culture

Putting on the kettle for your afternoon tea? Sipping a cup of green tea to strengthen your immune system?
Have you ever thought that changes in the way your tea is produced could be beneficial to the changing climate?

Rome/Nairobi - Urgent action is needed to safeguard the biodiversity of the world's forests amid alarming rates of deforestation and degradation, according to the latest edition of The State of the World's Forests released today.

Published on the International Day ...

Rashed is particularly happy this morning. Today he and his fellow farmers have their turn to access the solar-powered water well to irrigate their farms. “I am a farmer, and agriculture is my life. One of my biggest challenges is access to water. I grow carrots, potatoes, radishes, ...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed the decision by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council to allocate a substantial $ 176 million to 24 of its projects that tackle the critical intersection between agriculture and env...

Land degradation affects almost 2 billion hectares of land that 1.5 billion people worldwide call home, representing an economic loss in the order of 10% of annual global gross product. The challenges grow greater as populations grows bigger, wealthier and more urban. Increasing demand for foo...

It is time for coordination and renewed support for the Great Green Wall, Africa's landmark sustainable development programme, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu stressed today.

"We have to promote sustainable eco-economies. Restoration and associated livelihood benefits must be scaled up,"...

Projects will build the resilience of rural communities affected by degraded ecosystems and increased water scarcity

Cairo, Egypt - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), jointly with the League of Arab States (LAS) and in partnership with Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), hosted a workshop to discuss the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) in the Ara...

Accelerating work on the Great Green Wall, which aims to combat desertification across Africa, is key for climate and environmental reasons and also to “make people have a better life”, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today.

The ambitious 

Anyone anywhere can access multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are, thanks to a new tool developed by Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

Earth Map is an innovative and free-to-use Web-...

Rome/New York - FAO unveiled today its new Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan to help transform agri-food systems, end hunger and improve nutrition in and around the cities in a post COVID-19 era. The launch took place at a high-level virtual event entitled "Green Cities to Build Bac...

First International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste observed on 29 September 2020

Assistance will support capacity development and sustainability in vulnerable countries

2020 State of Climate Services Report says 11,000 disasters caused by weather, climate and water-related hazards in the past 50 years

On October 16^th, 1945, delegates from nearly forty countries met in Quebec City, Canada, for the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This day marks the celebration of what is known as ‘World Food Day’, celebrated in more ...

World Food Day 2020

This World Food Day, you can have your chocolate and fight climate change too! Cocoa that is produced sustainably under dense and diverse tropical forest canopies can help developing countries lower their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a...

Cash+ helps farmers in Somalia through the lean season

Recent webinars look at how a sustainable and circular bioeconomy can transform food systems