For 80 years, FAO has championed sustainable land and soil management for food security and resilience. From its founding message—"Our land only holds a thin crust of soil, fragile and finite" to major milestones like the Soil Map of the World, the World Soil Charter, and the Global Soil Partnership, [...]

Food production is shaped by geography—land, water, and climate determine where, how and what food we grow. Since its earliest days, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recognized the power of spatial data to monitor these vital resources and fulfill its mandate. FAO’s journey with geospatial [...]

AQUASTAT, FAO’s global information system on water and agriculture, was first launched in the 1990s, and would become a cornerstone of FAO’s water programme to support sustainable water management in agriculture. Over the years, AQUASTAT has provided data and information to policymakers, researchers and international organizations, and its data is [...]

FAO organized technical training to enhance participants' negotiation skills by providing them with knowledge and practices for policy development in relation to global drought challenges. Participants shared their views on how the training prepared them for negotiating global policy targets regarding drought resilience.

FAO organized technical training to enhance participants' negotiation skills by providing them with knowledge and practices for policy development in relation to global drought challenges. Participants shared their views on how the training prepared them for negotiating global policy targets regarding drought resilience.

FAO organized technical training to enhance participants' negotiation skills by providing them with knowledge and practices for policy development in relation to global drought challenges. Participants shared their views on how the training prepared them for negotiating global policy targets regarding drought resilience.

Wetlands are vital ecosystems that provide clean water, support food production, generate hydroelectricity, buffer climate impacts, and hold freshwater biodiversity. The theme of World Wetlands Day this year - 'Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future', is aligned with FAO’s commitment to integrating wetlands into sustainable land and water management. FAO [...]

In Central America and sub-Saharan Africa, the Soil Mapping for Resilient Agrifood Systems (SoilFER) project stands out as a unique framework aimed at unearthing valuable information from soils to guide policymaking and fertilizer recommendations both at national and field scale. The project's emphasis on strengthening capacities as well as empowering [...]

The International Soil and Water Forum 2024, co-organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Royal Thai Government was held in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2024, and marked the world’s first high-level action plan on halting and [...]

At the 10th World Water Forum held in Bali, Indonesia, from 18 to 25 May, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was awarded the highly coveted King Hassan II Great World Water Prize. Based on the theme “Securing water resources for food sovereignty and shared prosperity”, this [...]