Dubai - Food security and climate change are interlinked and global agrifood systems are the climate solution, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, told Heads of State and Government reunited at the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Climate change threatens our ability to ensure global food security, eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development. In 2016, 31 percent of global emissions originating from human activity came from agrifood systems.

Rome – The global food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission began its annual meeting today with a special ceremony marking its 60th anniversary. The plenary discussions of the Commission’s 46th session will take place at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome until 30 November.

Rome - The United Nations food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, is meeting on 27 November to 2 December 2023 to adopt food safety and quality standards.

Rome- As the world gears up for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, in a year with soaring temperatures and progressive extreme weather events, attention is turning towards innovative solutions to address the climate crisis.

Rome - The first Plenary Assembly of the Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform opened today at the Rome headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 

Rome - I am profoundly distressed by the loss of lives and the human catastrophe unfolding due to the violence taking place in the Middle East, and most particularly in Gaza.

Rome – Amid the looming threat of El Niño expected to severely affect millions of people, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an updated Anticipatory Action and Response Plan to reduce the projected impacts of this climate phenomenon on agricultural livelihoods and food security of the most at-risk and vulnerable populations.

Geneva- The relationship between trade and food security has gained attention on both the trade and development agendas, with trade recognized as one of the means for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Understanding agricultural and trade policies' dietary and health implications is crucial to improving nutrition and combating malnutrition globally.

The FAO Corporate Initiative Spotlight is a feature article series of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, that delves into the heart of FAO’s corporate initiatives. This series explores the inner workings of FAO’s commitment to sustainability, innovation and global food security. For this edition, we met with Maximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist, to talk about the World Food Forum that recently took place from 16 – 20 October 2023.

Recently, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva organized its first Photo Exhibition, celebrating the 2023 World Food Forum (WFF) – an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated and hosted by FAO to engage young people in the transformation of agrifood systems. 

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined moderately in October, down by 0.5 percent from September with the index for dairy products the only one to rise, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.

Geneva- The Quadripartite, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Word Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), jointly organized a virtual event to celebrate the One Health (OH) Day and present initiatives and programs for implementing One Health in countries and regions.

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed the renewal of its accreditation by the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a decision announced this Wednesday during the 37th meeting of the GCF Board.

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva regularly collaborates with the United Nations Information System (UNIS) to ensure FAO’s activities and messages are delivered to the media community in Geneva. .

The compelling and intertwined challenges that the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are facing and the need to address them through an agrifood systems approach to strengthen resilience and support achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) took a central stage at the fifth edition of the FAO SIDS Solutions Dialogue

Des Moines/Rome – “Harnessing change is a call to move from action to evolution, and youth have a paramount role as the most important agents of change,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said Tuesday in his address at the  Borlaug International Dialogue of the World Food Prize 2023 opening ceremony in Iowa.

Rome --Governments from two critical regions, Central America’s Dry Corridor and Africa’s Sahel, presented dozens of projects aimed at boosting agricultural production and food security in a sustainable and profitable way at the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2023.

The third annual World Food Forum flagship event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has drawn to a successful close, with attendees from across the world celebrating a week of intense discussions, innovative solutions, investments, and commitments.

Geneva, Rome – Celebrating the World Food Forum Flagship Week, the youth teams of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG) and the FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) joined hands to organize a panel discussion on Climate Action in Emergency and Humanitarian Livelihood Assistance.