FAO opens groundbreaking conference aimed at tackling the threat of animal diseases
23/09/2024
Global Conference on Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines comes amid pressing challenges
FAO urges swift action as La Niña threatens global food security
20/09/2024
The Organization’s Anticipatory Action Plan outlines ways to safeguard millions of people at risk in view of the climate phenomenon’s potential devastating impacts
Sudan: Conflict, access constraints and floods undermine FAO efforts to support agriculture and food security
12/09/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa
Bangladeshi villages turn digital
24/06/2022
FAO Digital Villages initiative empowers farmers to access markets and improve incomes
Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering
11/09/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Kosovan farmers rise above the floods
22/01/2024
When disaster hits, vouchers bridge the gap between agricultural livelihood ruin and renewal
Eggplants abound in Sri Lanka with Good Agricultural Practices and technologies
21/08/2024
Farmers modernize cultivation leading to bumper crops and higher incomes
South Sudan: The Government, World Bank and FAO scale up actions to build farmers’ climate resilience in the face of flooding and other disaster risks
23/07/2024
A $30 million project aims to provide critical life-saving and livelihood assistance, sustainable recovery and resilience building support to smallholder farmers
Hunger numbers stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: UN report
24/07/2024
1 in 11 people worldwide faced hunger in 2023, 1 in 5 in Africa
A seed of contention turns seed of abundance in Timor-Leste
08/08/2024
Climate-smart agriculture fuels a women's collective in delivering nutritious school meals
Restricted local food production exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip
08/05/2024
Intensified hostilities, access constraints and damage to agriculture have heightened acute food insecurity for Gazans
A voice for Bangladeshi smallholder farmers
26/08/2024
Women and youth lead the way in Bangladesh’s agricultural transformation
FAO and EU sign 47 million euro programme to enhance resilience and food security for pastoralists in Eastern Africa
30/07/2024
The programme is expected to directly benefit more than 100,000 households across Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, the Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda
FAO urges immediate action as new variants of avian influenza threaten Asia and the Pacific
25/07/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent regional efforts to combat a rise in avian influenza cases across the Asia-Pacific region.
Gaza: FAO delivers more than 2 400 veterinary kits to protect livestock and sustain livelihoods
12/08/2024
From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa
Restricted local food production exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip
05/08/2024
Intensified hostilities, access constraints and damage to agriculture have heightened acute food insecurity for Gazans
Pulling lifesaving data out of thin air, literally
05/08/2024
How a disease surveillance team is preventing zoonotic diseases before they start.
Famine conditions in parts of Sudan: FAO urges at scale life-saving assistance to boost local food production
01/08/2024
In response to alarming new findings confirming famine conditions in parts of Darfur, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging an immediate cessation of hostilities, rapid scale up of life-saving food, nutrition and cash assistance as well as of the emergency agricultural aid.
The Screwworm menace affecting animals and threatening humans in Senegal
01/08/2024
Applying a One Health approach to pest prevention
FAO supports Caribbean governments after the impact of Hurricane Beryl
11/07/2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as part of the United Nations Emergency Technical Teams (UNETT), is deployed in the areas affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean to advance rapid needs assessment and preparation of proposals, under the leadership of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), to restore production and livelihoods.