It's not business as usual when it comes to agriculture and food security
19/03/2020
It is more and more evident, that we can no longer think about agriculture and food security without simultaneously addressing the climate crisis. The Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture is a landmark agreement under the
2020国际森林日:森林和生物多样性
20/03/2020
联合国大会于2012年宣布3月21日为“国际森林日”。森林日举办庆祝活动,提高公众对所有类型森林重要性的认识。鼓励各国每年逢“国际森林日”,在地方、国家和国际层面举办森林和树木相关活动,如植树活动。每年“国际森林日”的主题均由森林合作伙伴关系选定。2020年的主题为 “森林和生物多样性”。
NEW video: Climate services for farmers
30/03/2020
Climate Services support farmers to prepare for and adapt to climate change. Technology and innovation provide new opportunities for the dissemination of alerts and advisories to anticipate and prevent adverse weather impacts.
FAO leads the way to clearer peatland mapping and monitoring
10/04/2020
2019冠状病毒病:饥饿与弱势群体所面临的"双重危机"
17/04/2020
Assessing El Niño’s impact on fisheries and aquaculture around the world
23/04/2020
Adapting the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture to COVID-19
27/04/2020
At the beginning of this year, the Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture (KJWA) roadmap was on track to reach its conclusion at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) set to take place in Glasgow in November 2020. Countries were due to report back on progress made since the 2017 landmark agree...
“2019冠状病毒病疫情让原本脆弱的西非地区民众雪上加霜”
07/05/2020
5月20日:世界蜜蜂日
19/05/2020
International Tea Day 2020 | Addressing climate change challenges through tea
20/05/2020
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?
UN report: As the world’s forests continue to shrink, urgent action is needed to safeguard their biodiversity
22/05/2020
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 for ...
Solar powered water pumps offer lifeline for Yemeni farmers
01/06/2020
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, radi...
Emine, Francisco, and Andrey are winning the battle against land degradation
17/06/2020
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...
Time to scale up and support Africa’s Great Green Wall
26/06/2020
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,...
Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture workshop highlights climate action in Arab States
27/07/2020
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 Arab reg...