FAO Liaison Office in Geneva

14/11/2024
FAO’s new Food Outlook report tracks main food and beverage markets and looks at olive oil and fertilizers
13/11/2024

The Organization will play a prominent role as it will host the Alliance’s support mechanism at its headquarters in Rome

12/11/2024
The United Nations Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment reveals urgent need for action to mitigate N₂O emissions to prevent catastrophic climate, environmental, and health impacts
12/11/2024

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses COP29 climate change conference in Baku

08/11/2024
Global cereal production and trade likely to decline from last year
08/11/2024
About 70 percent of global hidden costs stem from health impacts linked to non-communicable diseases, particularly in more industrialized agrifood systems
05/11/2024
Platform co-organized by FAO and the Government of Fiji showcases impact and scalability of innovation in the Pacific
10/09/2024
Insights from the 2024 Joint Roundtable on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus and Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security"  
16/10/2024

Geneva - In 2024, conflict's devastating impact on hunger and food systems has reached unprecedented levels. Conflicts displace large populations, severing their connections to homes, lands, adequate food and livelihoods.  

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31/10/2024

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) regularly contributes to ensure agrifood system issues are on the agenda and FAO activities and message...

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...

31/10/2024

FAO at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Public Forum 

This year’s WTO Public Forum was themed “Re-globalization: Better Trade for a Better World” and explored how re-globalization can make trade more inclusive, ensuring its benefit...

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. ...

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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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...

31/10/2024

Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories

01/11/2024
Through several events and new publications, FAO put the spotlight on agrifood systems as biodiversity solutions
01/11/2024
Expanded FAOSTAT feature offers more insights into who is doing the work to keep the world fed
01/11/2024
It highlights the necessity of effective governance, multisectoral coordination, legal frameworks, political commitment, and sustainable financing to tackle global health challenges