Collaboration pieces on show at Milan Fashion Week

FAO is the custodian of 22 Sustainable Development Goals indicators

Sports, culture and policy converge at UNGA80 to highlight the role of young people in transforming agrifood systems

BBNJ Agreement will enter into force in January

The FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva, together with the WFP Global Office in Geneva, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), convened a joint informal briefing on “When Climate Extremes Drive Hunger: Humanitarian Challenges and Collaborative Solutions.”

Director-General presents The Financing for Shock-Driven Food Crisis Facility during United Nations General Assembly

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the Youth Chapter of the World Food Forum’s Global Youth Action Initiative in Switzerland.

Cash, seeds, fodder, and training will save lives and help communities rebuild livelihoods

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses G20 Agriculture Working Group Ministerial Meeting in South Africa

At the World Trade Organization Public Forum, FAO and IPPC champion the ePhyto Solution, a paperless, borderless system transforming trade in plants and plant products

Four-month emergency response effort aims to curb transboundary and zoonotic diseases, strengthen livelihoods, ease the food crisis and revive the ailing economy

Landmark agreement complements FAO’s instruments to promote sustainability and combat illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing

Recent outbreaks highlight the urgent need for coordinated global action to combat a virus threatening animal health, livelihoods, and pandemic preparedness

Special event kicks off the action phase of the innovative US$282 million Food System Integrated Programme

New forecasts point to growth in global cereal output, utilization, stocks and trade

From FAO’s Regional Office for Africa

Throughout July and August 2025, 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.   

Three new GIAHS designations from FAO – one in Italy and two in Japan – showcase agrobiodiversity, traditional knowledge and cultural heritage

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition

Food production cannot be reactivated without a significant shift in accessibility, safety, investments and support for local communities and livelihoods