The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) Liaison Office in Geneva, the FAO Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division and the International Labour Organization (ILO), hosted its first Thematic Youth Assembly consultation of 2025 on supporting women and girls in decent rural employment.

International quotations for sugar and vegetable oils drive FAO Food Price Index lower

FAO and UNOOSA emphasize importance of collaboration to make space technologies benefit small-scale farmers

Statement of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT highlights devastating impact of conflict on agrifood systems infrastructure

From the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

From FAO Regional Office for Near East and North Africa

FAO publishes comprehensive report on Sustainable Nitrogen Management in Agrifood Systems

Ministers of Agriculture from across the world agreed to accelerate the transition to a biomass-based economy, with food security, nutrition and climate action at its core

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative report identifies governance and resilience as pivotal leverage points for food system transformation

FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Security Council on Sudan’s food crisis

In 2024 the benchmark measure of world food commodity prices averaged 2.1 percent below its 2023 level

With FAO’s support, 22 countries access financing to address biodiversity loss, land degradation, climate change, and pollution

FAO, WFP and UNICEF urge immediate humanitarian access and action to avert what could become the worst hunger crisis in recent history

Once these conditions are met, FAO can assist with projects to repair boats and equipment and to inject emergency funds

It offers advice on how to optimize monitoring and risk mitigation as infections of pathogenic H5N1 strain spread

Throughout November and December 2024, the FAO actively contributed to key trade-focused discussions and events, providing valuable insights and updates on agricultural and fisheries trade, food security, and sustainable development. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a rapid needs assessment in light of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon in September 2024. The assessment aimed to determine the proportion of agricultural hou...

Through events, programmes and publications, FAO reiterates its call to restore agricultural lands as key to transforming agrifood systems