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FAO Director-General: Mountain regions have great potential despite climate, biodiversity and land degradation threats
24/04/2025
QU Dongyu addresses International Conference of the Global Mountain Dialogue for Sustainable Development in Kyrgyzstan
FAO launches AIM4NatuRe to improve monitoring of ecosystem restoration
22/04/2025
Cutting-edge technology and data will bring transparency and accountability to global restoration commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
FAO launches a $150 million Emergency and Early Recovery Response Plan for Ukraine to support war-affected rural communities
17/04/2025
From FAO Office in Ukraine
The launch of the FAO in Geneva Right to Food Thematic Dialogue Series
16/04/2025
The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the FAO Right to Food Team of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Brazil and Germany to the United Nations Office and other organizations in Geneva, organized a hybrid briefing session on the Human Right to Adequate Food.
Boost for the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing
16/04/2025
China becomes party to the PSMA to support the future of sustainable fisheries
Two years since the start of the conflict, Sudan is facing a severe food security catastrophe
15/04/2025
Five things you should know about Sudan's food security crisis
Earthquake in Myanmar: As the planting season nears, FAO scales up emergency response for farmers
11/04/2025
FAO aims to reach over 70,000 people with agricultural inputs and financial and infrastructure support to help them rebuild their livelihoods
At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizes world’s growing need for the urgent and accelerated transformation of global agrifood systems
07/04/2025
The 177th Session of the FAO Council opened on Monday at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome
30 years of AQUASTAT: FAO celebrates global water data milestone
04/04/2025
Event also features UN-Water strategy briefing and calls for stronger global coordination on water data
FAO Food Price Index remains stable in March
04/04/2025
Rising vegetable oil quotations offset lower prices for wheat, maize, rice and sugar
Transforming our agrifood systems holds the key to helping the world’s poorest
02/04/2025
FAO Director-General addresses the UN Finance for Development Summit at the Vatican
AI can be a game-changing solution for farmers: FAO Innovation Chief
02/04/2025
Interview with Vincent Martin, Director of the FAO Office of Innovation
Europe and Central Asia: To feed the population, sustainable water management is essential, UN report says
02/04/2025
From FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
New FAO-led study highlights that improving productivity is key to reducing antibiotic use in livestock
01/04/2025
Global antibiotic use in livestock could rise by almost 30 percent by 2040
Strengthening access to quality data for Sustainable Development in SIDS
01/04/2025
The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York, in collaboration with the FAO Office of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and FAO’s Statistics Division (ESS), organized the eighth edition of the SIDS Solutions Dialogue.
FAO at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks 2025
28/03/2025
FAO actively participated in this year’s deliberations, leading discussions on the importance of safeguarding food security and agricultural livelihoods in fragile settings, to save lives and build resilience.
Conflict and rising food prices drive Congolese into one of the world's worst food crises according to new IPC data
28/03/2025
From FAO Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The genetic diversity of our plants and forests is at risk, new FAO reports warn
26/03/2025
Empowering farmers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and scientists to conserve and use genetic resources is key to resilient agrifood systems
International Day of Forests 2025: Engaging the next generation in the connection between forests and foods
21/03/2025
FAO, together with the Government of Italy, and a forest expert and a master ice cream maker from Italy, educate young students on the significance of forest foods at FAO Park
The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza calls for stepped up action, FAO says
17/03/2025
Averting losses of hundreds of millions of poultry crucial to mitigate impacts on food security, nutrition and affordability of poultry products