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

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.

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.

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.

On the occasion of World Food Day (WFD) and the World Food Forum (WFF) 2023, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva celebrated the week and carried out a wide range of activities.

Rome – The second Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum began today, intent on quadrupling the more than $3 billion in fresh resources proposed in the inaugural event in 2022 to invest in poverty reduction, improved food security and sustainable agrifood systems that benefit the poorest.

Rome- The 2023 World Food Forum (WFF) kicked off today with a dynamic opening ceremony at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome. The flagship event, a vibrant global platform that unites individuals from all walks of life and sectors, is dedicated to reshaping the future of agrifood systems.

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, Association ma-terre, and Fondation Partage joined hands to celebrate the World Food Day in Geneva, promoting actions for the future of food, people and the planet.

Geneva – On the occasion of World Food Day, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG) and the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) organized a webinar on “Improving water management through agroecology” under this year’s World Food Day theme, “Water is life, water is food”.

Rome- The stage is set at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for World Food Day and the World Food Forum (WFF), two vital initiatives in the global efforts to transform agrifood systems and address the challenges of food security, sustainability, and climate action.

Rome – Over the last 30 years, an estimated $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost due to disaster events, corresponding to an average loss of $123 billion per year or 5 percent of annual global agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today opened a key gathering aimed at finding synergies and solutions to water’s critical role relating to soils, land, climate change, biodiversity and agriculture, and also showcasing practical contributions to making better use of our finite freshwater resources.

Geneva, New York, Rome – In light of the upcoming third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-3), the FAO Liaison Offices in Geneva (LOG) and New York (LON), together with the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB), organized a second hybrid briefing on the role of plastics in agriculture.

Kinshasa - More than 25 million people continue to face crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report released today. The country continues to be one of the world's largest food crises. 

Rome – Reducing food loss and waste represents a triple win opportunity with immediate positive impact on food security, climate benefits, and increased availability of nutritious food while improving the overall sustainability of agrifood systems, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.