Director-General QU Dongyu calls for global shift in response to crises: from reaction to anticipation

Director-General QU Dongyu highlights challenges and untapped potential in SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs at high-level ministerial event

A vital initiative to boost local food production and restore livelihoods amid ongoing conflict

He delivered the McDougall Memorial Lecture at the 44th Session of the FAO Conference

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the 6th AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial Conference

The workshop brought together 17 youth representatives from diverse Switzerland-based organizations to contribute ideas and input for the development of the Switzerland Youth Chapter’s Terms of Reference (TORs).  

Since its inception in 1998, HAS has served as a vital platform for improving the coordination and effectiveness of the UN's humanitarian response.  

Agrifood investment and finance solutions for people and the planet

Two-thirds of the 70 million hectares affected by human-induced degradation — over 46 million hectares — are agricultural land

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch

FAO Director-General says biotechnologies are a vital driver of agrifood systems transformation

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division and the Permanent Missions of Norway, Cabo Verde, and the Gambia, launched a special exhibition earlier this month marking the 50th anniversary of the EAF-Nansen Programme – FAO’s longest-running fisheries development initiative. 

Noting risks, report examines impacts of avian influenza, changing trade patterns since 2022, fish fraud, and shipping industry’s net-zero goals

From FAO Office in South Sudan

The areas include the restoration of five million hectares of marine ecosystems

Expanded assessment confirms sustainability challenges as well as gains where effective fisheries management is in place

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was among the key agencies contributing to the Eighth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR), held in Geneva under the theme “Every Day Counts: Act for Resilience Today.”

The FAO Liaison Offices in Geneva and Brussels, together with the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, organized an online event to launch the joint publication  “Sustainable and Circular Bioeconomy in Forest-based Industries: How to Get There.”  

FAO’s 80-year history illustrates potential for finding solutions

Throughout May 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.