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Acute malnutrition threatens half of children under five in Yemen in 2021: UN
12/02/2021
Humanitarian crisis continues to exert a terrible toll on children, warn FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO
CFS Members endorse new Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition
11/02/2021
The guidelines will support countries in their efforts to eradicate all forms of hunger and malnutrition
World Pulses Day 2021 Celebration
09/02/2021
The World Pulses Day Secretariat welcomes your participation in an open event to celebrate World Pulses Day 2021.
Check out our Newsletter December 2020-January 2021 edition!
09/02/2021
This edition of our newsletters brings an update on key FAO’s activities in December 2020 and January 2021 along with a rich resources section which we hope will be of great interest to you.
Harnessing science to transform agri-food systems
09/02/2021
FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, spoke today at a conference entitled Bonding science and policy to accelerate food systems transformation, hosted by the University of Montpellier.
Committee on World Food Security kicks off calling for comprehensive transformation of agri-food systems
08/02/2021
FAO Director-General highlights the need to step up joint efforts to make agri-food systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable to meet the Sustainable Development Goals
AMR: Curbing the slow-moving pandemic requires intensified actions, says FAO chief
05/02/2021
Prominent global leaders in science, industry and government meet to step up fight against antimicrobial resistance
Fisheries and aquaculture are a critical part of global agri-food systems transformation, says FAO Director-General
04/02/2021
FAO Committee on Fisheries this week explores sustainable future for a fast growing industry
Global fisheries and aquaculture hard hit by COVID-19 pandemic, says FAO report
03/02/2021
More disruption expected as supply and consumption affected by lockdowns
FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI34) kicks off today
01/02/2021
Follow the work of 34th Session of the Committee on Fisheries taking place this week
Transforming agri-food systems will shape the future, FAO chief told World Economic Forum
28/01/2021
Director-General contributes to the Davos Agenda with call for solidarity, action, and inclusive innovation
Appointment of new Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva
21/01/2021
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appointed Mr Dominique Fernand Burgeon as Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva, effective 15 January 2021.
Mr Burgeo
Innovation to counter food supply-chain disruptions and spur recovery
20/01/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addressing the GFFA virtual panel.
East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
20/01/2021
FAO is seeking $38 million to continue work in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan.
FAO Story: First floods, then desert locusts
19/01/2021
Farmers in central Somalia cope with back-to-back threats.
FAO Director-General stresses crucial role of biodiversity in combating zoonotic diseases
14/01/2021
Qu welcomes new Franco-German initiative in session with Macron, Merkel
One Planet – FAO’s work on biodiversity, One Health and climate
13/01/2021
Women at a community-based natural reserve at Kholy-Alpha, Senegal - one among FAO's Great Green Wall projects.
FAO Geneva and partners joint webinar debates One Health response to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
11/01/2021
Geneva, 11 January, 2021 - FAO, South Centre and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) organized a webinar on “Advancing the One Health response to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)”. The two hours webinar gathered over 140 participants from different or
FAO Director-General calls for urgent scale-up of Africa’s Great Green Wall
11/01/2021
QU Dongyu joined President Macron and The Prince of Wales at One Planet Summit
FAO and partners advocate for inclusive food systems to combat rural poverty
03/12/2020
Director-General addresses high-level UN General assembly side event