Viorel Gutu, FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Central Asia and FAO Representative in Türkiye, addressed the Geneva press corp on the initial assessment on the impact of the earthquakes on agrifood systems in Türkiye at the Biweekly Press Briefing organize

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the FAO Markets and Trade Division, organized another session of Agricultural Trade Talks on responsible sourcing and agricultural supply chains. The session brought together various stakeho

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) held the third session of the Social Protection Dialogue Series. The session aimed to raise awareness on why and how social protection ca

Brussels, Geneva and New York – The rethinking of food and agriculture and the necessary sector transformations we need moving forward must take into consideration the implementation of the closely interlinked climate change and biodiversity outcomes from

Upali Galketi Aratchilage, FAO Senior Economist at the Markets and Trade Division, addressed the Geneva press corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for February 2023 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Informati

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, together with the FAO Markets and Trade Division, organized a panel discussion on “Agricultural Trade and Climate Change: The Role of Trade Policies” at the World Trade Organization (WTO). This panel discussion,

Geneva - Celebrating the spirit of the International day of Women and Girls in Science in February, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG) and the World Food Forum (WFF) organized a hybrid event in Geneva to facilitate an exchange between some FAO’s leade

Türkiye-Syria earthquake: farmers are in need of immediate assistance

Geneva – The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva organized the Geneva Agricultural Trade Talk to discuss digitalization in agriculture, its challenges, and opportunities. This dialogue aimed to provide an overview of the topic, present an application by the winn

FAO publishes its first Global Assessment of Soil Carbon in Grasslands

Geneva - Erin Collier, FAO Economist of Markets and Trade Division, addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for January 2023 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Information Service (UNIS

Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models

Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children

Geneva - Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, FAO Director of Markets and Trade Division, addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for December 2022 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Information Ser

FAO’s support for Pakistan: from immediate response to resilience building

Geneva – The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with FAO Markets and Trade Division, organized its last Agricultural Trade Talks of the year, looking at empirical indicators on food imports, food security and vulnerability applied to the Near

Geneva – FAO, in collaboration with partners of the Quadripartite, including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE), organized the seventh One Health Dia

Yemen: FAO welcomes an additional $150 million multi-agency contribution from the World Bank to strengthen resilience and address growing food insecurity

Agricultural subsidies can play a critical role in advancing certain public policy objectives when applied appropriately. However, adverse spillover effects of subsidies have led to a growing debate on subsidies’ contribution to sustainability. To suppor

FAO’s Statistical Yearbook for 2022 goes live