Throughout July and August 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.   

Recent outbreaks highlight the urgent need for coordinated global action to combat a virus threatening animal health, livelihoods, and pandemic preparedness

Special event kicks off the action phase of the innovative US$282 million Food System Integrated Programme

New forecasts point to growth in global cereal output, utilization, stocks and trade

From FAO’s Regional Office for Africa

Three new GIAHS designations from FAO – one in Italy and two in Japan – showcase agrobiodiversity, traditional knowledge and cultural heritage

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition

Food production cannot be reactivated without a significant shift in accessibility, safety, investments and support for local communities and livelihoods

Gains in meat and vegetable oil price indices outweigh declines in cereals, dairy and sugar

New partnership to help over 150 000 people enhance food production, incomes and climate resilience across 15 provinces by May 2026

Addis Ababa – The world must act with greater urgency and inclusiveness to address the uneven progress in the fight against global hunger and malnutrition, said QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), at the launch of the 2025 The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report.

Addis Ababa/Rome - Addressing a high-level panel at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktake (UNFSS+4), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, called for urgent and coordinated action to transform the global coffee value chain, highlighting the critical role of smallholder farmers and the pressing need for climate resilience, market readiness, and inclusive investment.

Rome – Expanding efforts to measure, monitor and protect soil biodiversity around the world will intensify further with the establishment of the Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory, to be led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and serving as a global reference for scientific collaboration and policy design.

New York – The sustained increase in global food prices has had a profound impact on food security and nutrition, particularly in low-income countries where households spend a larger share of their income on food. A special event held today at the United Nations headquarters, on the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), examined the drivers and consequences of the 2021–2023 food inflation crisis, as well as the policy responses needed to mitigate its effects.

Rome/Paris – Production and calorie intake of animal-source products are expected to increase as incomes rise in middle-income countries, but further increases in food production through improvements in agricultural productivity will be necessary to reduce under-nourishment and agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at a global level, according to a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Rome - The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report 2025 indicates that an estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress has not been consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most subregions of Africa and western Asia.

Addis Ababa – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, called for bold action, scaled-up investment, and stronger partnerships to accelerate global agrifood systems transformation, at the UN Food Systems Summit +4 (UNFSS+4) Stocktaking Moment.

Addis Ababa — An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress was not consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most subregions of Africa and western Asia, according to this year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report published today by five specialized agencies of the United Nations.

Joint FAO/UNICEF/WFP News Release

New York/Rome – Gaza faces the grave risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition inicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert.