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 Joint Statement by QU Dongyu, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Roberto Azevedo, Directors-General of FAO, WHO and WTO

Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply

FAO’s Chief Economist maps the ways the world can mitigate shocks to agriculture and food systems

Read about the implications of the pandemic for food production and agriculture and FAO's recommendations to mitigate the risks. ...  

We are pleased to present the new version of our newsletter featuring the activities of FAO Geneva and highlights from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a whole. Availabe at http://newsletters.fao.org/q/15QthmUV8eteCMoN2

UN agency lights up its Rome headquarters in Italian green, white and red

At the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), Ms. Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Director of the FAO Office in Geneva, expressed FAO’s deepest appreciation to Ms. Hilal Elver for her tireless efforts towards achieving a world free from hunger and mal

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu became today one of the first signatories of a ethical resolution on Artificial Intelligence (AI) endorsed by Pope Francis, stressing the importance of minimizing this new technology's risks while exploiting its potential be

Speaking at the Human Rights Council’s High-level Panel on the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Conference and Platform for Action on women and girls, FAO Geneva Director, Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett stated that gender equality is essential for attaining foo

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met with Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), following a high-level meeting on biodiversity - the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group established

FAO, OCHA, WFP conduct a joint briefing in Geneva to update Member States and other stakeholders on the humanitarian situation in Southern Africa and the desert locust situation in the Horn of Africa Following on the briefing held in Nairobi and at FAO h

FAO warns of an unprecedented threat to food security and livelihoods

The locust upsurge affecting East Africa is a graphic and shocking reminder of this region's vulnerability. This is a scourge of biblical proportions. Yet as ancient as this scourge is, its scale today is unprecedented in modern times.

On the occasion of the first Global Refugee Forum (GRF), FAO has renewed its commitment to the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) with nine pledges to help address the challenges faced by refugees and other persons of concerns to UNHCR FAO’s engagement on

The 7th session of the FAO Agriculture Trade Talks (FTT) was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva and discussed the linkages between agriculture and services trade and how could it enable new growth opportunities, particularly for developing countries a

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) came together to jointly organize a Conference focusing on the reduction of food loss and waste in the context of the 2030 Age

As part of Geneva Peace Week 2019, FAO, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Réseau Bilital Maroobé, and the Centre of Humanitarian Dialogue held an event titled: Sharing common goods for common benefits: Prevention of conflict over natural resources. Focu

Concluding a successful week of activities to commemorate  World Food Day 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), with the support and participation