International Tea Day 2024: Honouring women around the world, from crop to cup

21 May 2024

Rome, HQ

The event, inaugurated by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, will highlight women and their role in the tea sector. Following the inauguration, there will be a dialogue featuring the participation of the FAO Director-General and women representatives from the tea and coffee sectors.

Workshop on Resilience and Sustainability in Tropical Fruit Value Chains

15 May 2024 - 16 May 2024

Rome, FAO Headquarters

FAO is pleased to extend an invitation to join the Global Conference on Resilience and Sustainability in Tropical Fruit Value Chains, to be held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday, 15 May and Thursday, 16 May 2024. This technical conference is being organized as a component of the project [...]

FAO Food Price Index up marginally in April

03 May 2024

Rome

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes [...]

FAO Food Price Index rises in March

05 Apr 2024

Rome, FAO Headquarters

Rome – Rising international quotations for vegetable oils, dairy products and meat pushed the benchmark index for world food commodity prices up by 1.1 percent in March, its first increase in seven months, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in [...]

Fourth Global Conference of the World Banana Forum

12 Mar 2024 - 13 Mar 2024

The Secretariat of the World Banana Forum (WBF), a multi-stakeholder network coordinated by the Markets and Trade Division (EST) of FAO, is delighted to extend an invitation to Members to the Fourth Global Conference of the World Banana Forum, to be held at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, 12 [...]