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The spread of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza calls for stepped up action, FAO says
17/03/2025

FAO urges bold and urgent action to safeguard plant health as global body convenes in Rome
17/03/2025
Commission on Phytosanitary Measures: FAO Director-General highlights the need for innovation and digital solutions to strengthen global cooperation, ensure safer trade and to protect human, animal, and environmental health
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Adverse climatic conditions drive coffee prices to highest level in years
14/03/2025
New FAO study notes a nearly 40 percent price surge in 2024 due to supply-side disruptions, primarily from unfavourable weather

Ugbaad symbolizes hope: Somalia looks to boost climate resilient agriculture with new project
13/03/2025

New SDG indicator on Minimum Dietary Diversity adopted by UN Statistical Commission
10/03/2025

Harlem Globetrotters named FAO Global Goodwill Ambassadors
09/03/2025

FAO Food Price Index rises in February
07/03/2025
Higher sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices drive the overall increase

FAO, IFAD and WFP join forces to celebrate International Women's Day 2025
06/03/2025

Somalia: Drought, conflict and high food prices risk pushing 4.4 million people into hunger, the Federal Government of Somalia and UN warn
26/02/2025
Somalia: Drought, conflict and high food prices risk pushing 4.4 million people into hunger, the Federal Government of Somalia and UN warn

FAO unveils updated methodology for tracking the sustainability of fisheries
25/02/2025

FAO welcomes UN Biodiversity COP16.2, highlights agrifood systems as key to achieving global biodiversity goals
24/02/2025

Japan contributes $11.9 million to scale up FAO’s emergency and resilience activities
21/02/2025

UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 talks resume in Rome: What’s at stake?
20/02/2025
Interview with Kaveh Zahedi, Director of the FAO Office of Climate, Biodiversity and Environment
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G20: Food security is vital for peace, stability and human dignity, FAO says
20/02/2025

Green Climate Fund greenlights two major FAO-led projects to strengthen climate resilience in Kenya and Serbia
18/02/2025

Global Conference on Geographical Indications opens in Rome
18/02/2025

“Bold investments” needed to address challenging nutritional burden in Africa, FAO says
14/02/2025

Listening to change: FAO-supported rural radio initiatives boost climate action
11/02/2025

First Thematic Youth Assembly consultation of 2025: Supporting women and girls in decent rural employment
10/02/2025
The World Food Forum (WFF)'s Global Youth Action Initiative (Youth Initiative), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO) Liaison Office in Geneva, the FAO Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division and the International Labour Organization (ILO), hosted its first Thematic Youth Assembly consultation of 2025 on supporting women and girls in decent rural employment.
