FAO Food Outlook predicts declining international trade in some basic foodstuffs

10 Nov 2023

Rome, HQ

10/11/2023 Rome - Production prospects across most basic foodstuffs are favourable, but extreme weather events, rising geopolitical tensions and sudden policy changes pose risks for global food production systems and could potentially tip delicate demand-supply balances and dampen prospects for trade and global food security, according to a new report from the Food and [...]

FAO Food Price Index dips in October

03 Nov 2023

Rome, HQ

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined moderately in October, down by 0.5 percent from September with the index for dairy products the only one to rise, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices [...]

Roundtable event: Trade Policy Space for Better Nutrition | Sheikh Zayed Center on Tuesday, 31 October at 11:00 CEST

31 Oct 2023

Rome, Hybrid event

Towards more sustainable and resilient agrifood systems: The importance of responsible global value chains

30 Oct 2023

Rome, HQ

The event will provide a platform to discuss challenges and possible solutions to ensure that policies and new regulations for responsible agrifood value chains benefit and do not harm agricultural producers and agri-businesses, and particularly smallholder farmers in developing countries, and support the transition toward more sustainable and resilient agrifood [...]

Making cotton sustainable requires science, investment and governance

07 Oct 2023

Vienna

Vienna – Global efforts to make cotton production more sustainable require innovative technologies, targeted investments and better governance through a systems approach that breaks down silos, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said today in his address to World Cotton Day 2023. World Cotton [...]