The Global Youth Forum’s opening ceremony gave voice to young changemakers, setting the stage for impactful discussions throughout the week

FAO hosts week-long event in Rome highlighting the importance of Indigenous Peoples in co-creating knowledge for a better future

“Solutions in Africa for Africa”: Director-General highlights the importance of cutting-edge science to transform agrifood systems

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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. 

FAO played a prominent role in a series of workshops hosted by the World Trade Organization (WTO), addressing key challenges in agriculture and trade. These workshops, featuring international experts and stakeholders, aimed to foster new ideas and solutions to advance ongoing WTO negotiations related to the global agrifood sector. FAO experts contributed valuable insights across a range of topics, including global food security, green supply chains, seed varieties, and the role of trade policies in promoting a sustainable bioeconomy.

The Human Rights Council’s 56th session took place in Geneva from 18 June to 12July 2024. Representing FAO, the Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG) intervened in and informed several events

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released guidelines for countries outlining how to manage the risks of damaging wildfires, which can threaten people and the environment.

More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, and some regions have yet fully to recover from the harms wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an innovative data set published in the 2024 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, the flagship hunger report issued last week by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and four sister United Nations agencies.

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. 

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.