Rome/Berlin - Innovative solutions in agri-food systems helped households and countries contain disruptions in food supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more will be required to "build back better and build back greener", FAO's Director-General QU Dongyu said today....

Seis sitios del patrimonio agrícola son muestra de cómo podemos gestionar los ecosistemas de forma sostenible

Investors considering climate change projects have found the lack of both global standards and the systematic use of climate change data and information to be major obstacles to informed decision-making.  

Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, called today for coordinated joint responses and "global synergistic action before it is too late" to transform the world's agri-food systems.

Holistic changes are needed to add...

La FAO celebra un debate sobre el estado de nuestros océanos y la amenaza que representa el cambio climático

Los fondos contribuirán a reforzar la resiliencia en la República Democrática del Congo, Somalia y el Yemen

Presentación de seis legumbres menos conocidas y su forma tradicional de cocinarlas en todo el mundo

With the right tools and training, women can add a different perspective to land-use planning that can make land management more sustainable, inclusive and climate. Joanita Nabulime, a GIS Technician at the National Forestry Authority (NFA) of Uganda, collects forest data collection in a train...

The Climate Risks team within FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Environment and Biodiversity (OCB) has developed a climate risk screening system to climate-proof programmes and projects and ensure they comply with the highest international standards from concept to final evaluation. 

En fecha de hoy, 4 de marzo de 2021, el Director General de la FAO, Sr. QU Dongyu, ha mantenido una reunión virtual con el Sr. Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Director Ejecutivo del Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial (FMAM). El Sr. QU y el Sr. Rodríguez debatieron sobre la importancia d...

FAO and the Milan Urban Food Pact: Working together for sustainable urban agri-food systems

New data tool offers detailed insights covering role of land use, agriculture, refrigeration, packaging and more, providing critical guidance for holistic mitigation efforts.

Rome: The world's food systems are responsible for more than one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emi...

Green Cities Initiative  now on the web

FAO and UNDP are empowering women for a sustainable future

New FAO report finds agricultural losses from natural hazards continue to soar, inflicting economic damage and undermining nutrition

We live on a blue planet covered in vast oceans, but did you know that only 3 percent of total global water is available as fresh water? World Water Day is a s...

Las nuevas iniciativas ayudarán a los pequeños agricultores a adaptarse al cambio climático y mitigar sus efectos

La recogida del agua de lluvia y el riego agroecológico aumentan la resiliencia de los agricultores en el Senegal

Available data shows that increased occurrence of climate-related disasters is the new normal. Smallholder farmers and small-scale producers, the backbone of global food securit...

En su discurso principal durante el diálogo mundial sobre políticas de la serie organizada por el Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de las Naciones Unidas (DAES), el Sr. QU Dongyu, Director General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la...