Geneva - UpaliGalketiAratchilage, FAO Senior Economist addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for November 2022 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Genev

Geneva – Lorenzo Giovanni Bellù, FAO Senior Economist, addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the FAO’s new corporate report Future of Food and Agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformation at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nation

Global food prices overall hold steady in November

Rome - For the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 has been as “extraordinary” as promised, in terms of circumstances, efforts and results, Director-General QU Dongyu said today in opening remarks to the 171st Session of th

Geneva - Rosalaura Romeo, FAO Mountain Partnership Secretariat Coordinator a.i., addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the International Mountain Day celebrations at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked International Mountain Day 2022 with a high-level event at its headquarters in Rome, a series of celebrations around the world and a new study that sheds light on the is

Agricultural subsidies can play a critical role in advancing certain public policy objectives when applied appropriately. However, adverse spillover effects of subsidies have led to a growing debate on subsidies’ contribution to sustainability. To suppor

FAO’s Statistical Yearbook for 2022 goes live

Geneva – FAO, in collaboration with partners of the Quadripartite, including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE), organized the seventh One Health Dia

Yemen: FAO welcomes an additional $150 million multi-agency contribution from the World Bank to strengthen resilience and address growing food insecurity

Geneva – The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with FAO Markets and Trade Division, organized its last Agricultural Trade Talks of the year, looking at empirical indicators on food imports, food security and vulnerability applied to the Near

FAO’s support for Pakistan: from immediate response to resilience building

Geneva - Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, FAO Director of Markets and Trade Division, addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for December 2022 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Information Ser

Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children

Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models

Geneva - Erin Collier, FAO Economist of Markets and Trade Division, addressed the Geneva Press Corp on the latest updates of the FAO Food Price Index for January 2023 at the Biweekly Press Briefing organized by the United Nations Information Service (UNIS

FAO publishes its first Global Assessment of Soil Carbon in Grasslands

Geneva – The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva organized the Geneva Agricultural Trade Talk to discuss digitalization in agriculture, its challenges, and opportunities. This dialogue aimed to provide an overview of the topic, present an application by the winn

Türkiye-Syria earthquake: farmers are in need of immediate assistance

Geneva - Celebrating the spirit of the International day of Women and Girls in Science in February, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG) and the World Food Forum (WFF) organized a hybrid event in Geneva to facilitate an exchange between some FAO’s leade