Highlights
FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots; five with immediate risk of starvation
16/06/2025
Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch
Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure continues to deteriorate at alarming rate
26/05/2025
Available cropland now at less than five percent, according to latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT
FAO and Italy rehabilitate the national biological laboratory in Syria to combat water hyacinth
05/05/2025
Farmers along the Orontes River in rural Hama will no longer have to fear the devastating impacts of water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant that has posed a significant threat to agricultural activities and water management for years
FAO warns: Enhanced awareness and action needed amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Europe and the Near East
05/05/2025
Europe is facing its worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth since the start of the century
FAO and Scuola Politecnica di Design partner in innovative university course
04/04/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is collaborating with the Scuola Politecnica di Design, the first school for design disciplines in Italy, founded in Milan in 1954