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The role of agrifood systems across the Rio Convention Conference of Parties to the United Nations CBD, UNFCCC, and UNCCD
09/10/2024
Brussels/Geneva/New York/Rome - The FAO Liaison Offices in New York, Brussels and Geneva together with FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment and the Division of Land and Water held a briefing on the upcoming Rio Convention’s ‘triple Conferences of the Parties’in 2024. The briefing, moderated by Dominique Burgeon, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, was an opportunity to showcase how agrifood systems can tackle the multiple interlinked challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, food insecurity and poverty.
FAO Announces new Food and Agriculture Museum and Network in Rome during audience with Italian President Mattarella
08/10/2024
Rome – In a historic audience at the Quirinale Palace today, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, alongside Italian President Sergio Mattarella, announced the creation of the FAO Food and Agriculture Museum and Network in Rome. Together, they unveiled the official logo for the museum, which will be inaugurated next year to mark FAO's 80th anniversary, symbolizing a new chapter in the longstanding partnership between FAO and Italy.
One Health Briefing on Avian Influenza: Preparedness and Coordinated Response
08/10/2024
Amid the alarming global spread of the H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and its evolution in wild birds and mammals, a special episode of the One Health Dialogue Series brought together key stakeholders to discuss avian influenza preparedness and response strategies. The webinar brought together participants from Permanent Missions, UN agencies, NGOs and academic institutions, and provided an opportunity to share the latest scientific findings and knowledge and highlight the contributions of FAO and its partners in the global pandemic risk reduction efforts.
Seventh Edition of the SIDS Solutions Dialogue
07/10/2024

Geneva - The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG), in collaboration with the Office of SIDS, LDCs, and LLDCs (OSL), the liaison offices in Brussels and New York as well as the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, organized the seventh session of the SIDS Solutions Dialogue. ...

FAO Food Price Index rises in September
04/10/2024
Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.
Gaza: Geospatial data shows intensifying damage to cropland
03/10/2024
Rome – The latest assessment using satellite data produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) shows escalating damage to farmland and agricultural infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, further exacerbating the humanitarian and hunger crisis resulting from the ongoing conflict.
FAO Briefing Highlights Support for CARICOM Members
01/10/2024

Geneva - Representatives from CARICOM members gathered in Geneva for a hybrid briefing by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), focusing on critical issues affecting the region, including food security, aquaculture, and climate resilience. 

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First meeting between FAO Divisions and the Swiss Food and Nutrition Valley (SFNV) following the Letter of Intent
24/09/2024

In a meeting in Rome on 24 September 2024, FAO and SFNV discussed joint objectives and reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate in the areas of innovation and healthy diets and nutrition. FAO’s Office of Innovation (OIN), as well as Food and Nutrition (ESN) and Partnerships and UN Collabo...

Food crisis in Haiti: FAO calls for urgent funding to assist 608,000 people to prevent further starvation and suffering
11/09/2024
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – This week, Rein Paulsen, Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and Resilience, along with Adoniram Sanches, FAO’s Subregional Coordinator for Mesoamerica, visited Haiti to support the incoming FAO Representative, Pierre Vauthier in bolstering international cooperation and rising awareness on the dire humanitarian situation on the ground. 
Partnerships to empower refugees and host communities through agriculture-based livelihoods
11/09/2024

Geneva - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reiterated their commitment to global humanitarian efforts by signing a Letter of Extension (LoE) to their existing Memor...

Unlocking the Potential of Agriculture in Refugee Settings
10/09/2024
Insights from the 2024 Joint Roundtable on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security"  
FAO Food Price Index dips slightly in August
06/09/2024

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined marginally in August, as decreases in quotations for sugar, meat and cereals outweighed increases in those for vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. 

Geneva press engagement on food security and agrifood systems transformation: July and August 2024
31/08/2024
Geneva - In the context of the biweekly Press Briefings organized by the United Nations Information System (UNIS) in Geneva, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG) engages to ensure agrifood system issues are on the agenda and FAO activities and messages are delivered to the UN-accredited journalists. In July and August 2024, two press engagement activities were rolled out to communicate about the latest updates on FAO’s work, including the Media launch of the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report (SOFI) and the FAO Food Price Index.
FAO and Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley strengthen partnership to foster innovation in agrifood systems
23/08/2024
A Letter of Intent between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (SFNV) will lay strong foundations for an impactful partnership to scale innovative solutions and drive agrifood systems transformation.
FAO and Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley forge agrifood systems innovation partnership
23/08/2024
Molondin, Switzerland - Director-General QU Dongyu has signed, on behalf of FAO, a Letter of Intent with the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley (SFNV) to promote innovation and safeguard global agrifood systems for the future. 
Director-General QU Dongyu Bilateral meeting with H.E. Guy Parmelin, Federal Councilor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland
22/08/2024
Bern - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu and His Excellency Guy Parmelin, Federal Councilor, Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland met today at the Federal Palace in Bern. The Federal Councilor was joined by Christian Hofer, Director-General of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), and Her Excellency Ambassador Krisztina Bende, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to FAO.
In Switzerland, FAO Director-General engages with academia and entrepreneurs in agrifood systems and sustainability
22/08/2024
Zurich – During the second day of his visit to Switzerland FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today visited the ETH Zurich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, where he met with Vice-President Christian Wolfrum to discuss ongoing research initiatives and their contributions to global agrifood systems solutions.
Director-General visits Swiss centres of agricultural excellence
21/08/2024

Zurich — FAO Director-General QU Dongyu began a three-day trip to Switzerland on Wednesday by visiting centres of agricultural excellence, where he discussed the triple challenges of climate change, food security, and biodiversity during meetings with managers and officials.

Gaza: FAO delivers more than 2 400 veterinary kits to protect livestock and sustain livelihoods
12/08/2024
Jerusalem/Cairo- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering 2 452 veterinary kits to livestock-keeping households in Gaza to improve animal health and preserve herding livelihoods across the Strip. 
Famine conditions in parts of Sudan: FAO urges at scale life-saving assistance to boost local food production
05/08/2024
Rome – In response to alarming new findings confirming famine conditions in parts of Darfur, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is urging an immediate cessation of hostilities, rapid scale up of life-saving food, nutrition and cash assistance as well as of the emergency agricultural aid.