FAO Director-General calls for “reverence of nature” and accelerated action on transforming food systems at UN Summit on Biodiversity  

FAO joins hands with global community in commemorations of the second World Cotton Day on 7 October 2020. “World Cotton Day celebration represents a unique occasion to highlight the important role cotton plays in fighting poverty and hunger and to confir

First International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste observed on 29 September 2020

Session 13 Ensuring Food Security, Sustainably: What Role for Trade? Tuesday, 29 September 2020 Time: 3:00-4.30 p.m. Organized by FAO, IISD, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, this session will seek to explore how policies and interventions shaping

FAO Director-General calls for an integrated agri-food systems approach to better address food insecurity and malnutrition amid COVID-19

You are kindly invited to join us in a global virtual meeting aimed at sharing experiences and opportunities for the reduction of food losses and waste.

Welcome back from the summer break! As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be with us and the challenges in several countries increase, FAO continues to redouble its efforts with Member countries and partners to build resilience in the agriculture sectors

Agricultural markets and sustainable development: Global value chains, smallholder farmers and digital innovations

FAO, IBM and Microsoft focus on concrete and sustainable ways Artificial Intelligence can be used in line with ethical principles endorsed by Pope Francis

Virtual 43rd session of the international body set to approve new guidelines and practices

Trade and markets can spur sustainable development and strengthen resilience to shocks

Disaster has no boundaries and it affects everyone. In her opinion paper, Wirya Khim discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the agriculture and food systems through a DRR lens and offers some key lessons learned. Read the opinion paper Disaster Risk Reducti

While there is global consensus that sustainable agriculture is the future, the role of trade and trade rules needs to be fully explored and channeled as an enabling one. This was highlighted during a webinar organized by the FAO Liaison offices of Geneva

Wednesday, 23 September Time: 16:00 - 18:00 CET Register now to attend the launch of The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets (SOCO) 2020 here  

Urgent action needed to avert the risk of famine in Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen, FAO Director-General tells UN Security Council

We are pleased to invite you to join the virtual Celebration of the First International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, on Tuesday, 29 September at 16:00 hrs CEST. This event intends to raise awareness of the importance of the food loss and wast

Earth Map empowers FAO’s Hand-in-Hand geospatial platform and allows anyone with basic Internet access to tap critical climate, environmental and agricultural information

“Our agriculture and food systems must undergo fundamental transformation in order to meet the global food security and nutrition challenge”, said Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Director, FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations Office (Geneva) in a virtual

FAO is rolling out innovative data tools to help countries track progress as COVID-19 pandemic poses new monitoring challenges

Through the Hand-in-Hand initiative, the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme and other actions, FAO can help ensure well-functioning global food markets, promote responsible investments, and reduce food loss and waste, among other areas