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Director-General
News
For 2025, FAO seeks $1.9 billion to provide life-saving, emergency agriculture assistance to 49 million people
Escalating violence continues to drive extreme hunger crises from Gaza to the Sudan and Haiti
IN-DEPTH STORY
Giving back to the desert in Mauritania
Restoring land as part of the Great Green Wall of Africa protects communities against desertification
Uganda’s Freza Nanotech wins FAO Innovation Award 2024 for pioneering fruit preservation technology
Innovative nanotechnology solution helps reduce food loss, supports farmers, and promotes sustainable agriculture
Interactive story
Climate change is here. But we are fighting back
With the FAO Strategy on Climate Change and its Action Plan, we are taking steps to build a better future for all.
Event
176th FAO Council
The Council is the executive arm of FAO's governing body. Access the agenda, meeting documents and more of the 176th Session.
In Focus
FAO response to global food security challenges
Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.
Publication
Read your way to the COPs 2024
Take a look at a selection of publications presenting FAO’s core work on tackling biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.
Event
Our Land. Our Future
Restoration of degraded agricultural land needs political leadership, investment and action. Follow the UNCCD COP16 and see how we can combat desertification.
Data
Monitoring and analyzing food prices
Access the latest information on domestic prices of basic foods in developing countries.
Director-General
Uganda’s Freza Nanotech wins FAO Innovation Award 2024 for pioneering fruit preservation technology
Innovative nanotechnology solution helps reduce food loss, supports farmers, and promotes sustainable agriculture
Voices of Impact
Not deserting deserts: Scaling land restoration through innovation
04/12/2024
In Mauritania rising temperatures are fuelling Sahara expansion and desertification, leading to food insecurity and poverty. Watch the video and discover how farmers like Teslim are growing vegetables, fruit, forage and chickens by restoring fertile land with the support of FAO's Action Against Desertification programme.
Video
Protecting our land, soil and water systems
01/02/2023
Over 95% of our food is produced on land and all begins with soil and water. We need to work together to sustainably manage these vital resources.
Podcast
Cabo Verde strengthens climate resilience through South-South Cooperation
18/11/2024
Confronted with the impacts of climate change, Cabo Verde’s agricultural sector is under growing pressure. Through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation project, a team of experts shared essential expertise with farmers and livestock producers. They equipped them with knowledge to combat pests and enhance soil and animal production, helping them adapt to the effects of a changing climate.
Data
Global distribution of food items by food category: production and availability for consumption, 2020
Trade promotes the diversity of food supply. The diversity of foods available for consumption is higher than the diversity of foods produced in most countries and across food categories.
NOTE: The distribution of food items available for consumption lies to the right of that of food items produced, reflecting a higher diversity of food items available for consumption across most food categories.
SOURCE: FAO. 2024. The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2024 - Trade and nutrition: Policy coherence for healthy diets. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2144en
2020 World
31.2%
2010 World
31.5%
In depth
Data
Transparency is key to FAO’s mission
Our new transparency portal shows how and where our resources are used and the results we have achieved. Explore the portal now.
Publication
Medium Term Plan and Programme of Work
The Director-General’s Medium Term Plan (Reviewed) 2022-25 and Programme of Work and Budget 2024-25.
In Focus
FAO Data Lab
The FAO Data Lab for Statistical Innovation modernizes the statistical business process, with a specific focus on emergency contexts, when having access to timely information is very important.
FAO and the SDGs
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A world free from hunger and malnutrition where food and agriculture contributes to improving the living standards of all
FAO works with governments and partners to empower some of the world’s most marginalized people to end rural poverty.
FAO helps ensure food security by developing ways of growing food that will work in the future so that millions of people don’t go hungry.
Good health starts with nutrition. FAO sets global standards and works with governments and the private sector to ensure food quality and safety throughout the food chain.
FAO invests in educational systems for rural communities and supports improved access to primary education and school meals in order to create equal opportunities for all and chances of lifelong learning.
FAO supports gender equality in the agricultural sector in an effort to raise levels of nutrition in local communities and improve agricultural productivity.
FAO works with governments to ensure water use in agriculture is made more efficient, equitable and environmentally friendly.
FAO promotes the use of renewable energies and works to ensure access to modern energy services across the food chain.
FAO seeks better economic opportunities for all by investing in sustainable agricultural practices and food systems that reduce inequalities and create decent jobs.
FAO seeks to secure a future for rural communities via investments in transportation, irrigation, food storage facilities and communication technologies.
FAO works with countries and partners to generate employment in rural areas, ensure access to natural resources for the most vulnerable and connect farmers to markets.
FAO works to improve urban healthcare, water quality and rethink city region food systems to help deter the negative effects of sprawling urbanisation.
FAO coordinates major global initiatives and projects to tackle food waste and loss, partnering with international organisations, the private sector and civil society.
FAO supports countries in responding to the threats of climate change by providing advice, data and tools for better agricultural policies and practices.
FAO, in partnership with governments and fishing communities, implements best practices in fisheries to ensure our oceans are protected as a means of livelihoods.
FAO promotes sustainable approaches to natural resource management and supports endeavours that promote a balance between conservation and development initiatives.
FAO plays a critical role in peacebuilding, restoring rural livelihoods, building resilience and participatory approaches to policymaking.
FAO acts as a neutral policymaking forum and develops partnerships with all concerned with food and agriculture to ensure a world free from hunger.
FAO works with governments and partners to empower some of the world’s most marginalized people to end rural poverty.
FAO helps ensure food security by developing ways of growing food that will work in the future so that millions of people don’t go hungry.
Good health starts with nutrition. FAO sets global standards and works with governments and the private sector to ensure food quality and safety throughout the food chain.
FAO invests in educational systems for rural communities and supports improved access to primary education and school meals in order to create equal opportunities for all and chances of lifelong learning.
FAO supports gender equality in the agricultural sector in an effort to raise levels of nutrition in local communities and improve agricultural productivity.
FAO works with governments to ensure water use in agriculture is made more efficient, equitable and environmentally friendly.
FAO promotes the use of renewable energies and works to ensure access to modern energy services across the food chain.
FAO seeks better economic opportunities for all by investing in sustainable agricultural practices and food systems that reduce inequalities and create decent jobs.
FAO seeks to secure a future for rural communities via investments in transportation, irrigation, food storage facilities and communication technologies.
FAO works with countries and partners to generate employment in rural areas, ensure access to natural resources for the most vulnerable and connect farmers to markets.
FAO works to improve urban healthcare, water quality and rethink city region food systems to help deter the negative effects of sprawling urbanisation.
FAO coordinates major global initiatives and projects to tackle food waste and loss, partnering with international organisations, the private sector and civil society.
FAO supports countries in responding to the threats of climate change by providing advice, data and tools for better agricultural policies and practices.
FAO, in partnership with governments and fishing communities, implements best practices in fisheries to ensure our oceans are protected as a means of livelihoods.
FAO promotes sustainable approaches to natural resource management and supports endeavours that promote a balance between conservation and development initiatives.
FAO plays a critical role in peacebuilding, restoring rural livelihoods, building resilience and participatory approaches to policymaking.
FAO acts as a neutral policymaking forum and develops partnerships with all concerned with food and agriculture to ensure a world free from hunger.
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.
The impact of the ongoing conflict in Lebanon
Impact assessment on agriculture and livelihoods