FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York

04/01/2023
A $15.5 million EU-funded project aims to respond to disruptions to the agricultural sector caused by war
20/12/2022

Alongside this, large-scale investments in resilience and rural livelihoods are urgently needed to break the hunger cycle


15/12/2022

Soil heroes and young scientists joined Member States and UN experts on 15 December to celebrate the World Soil Day in New York, calling for the safeguarding of this vital resource for global food security.

14/12/2022

Ukraine: New UN survey shows rural households are increasingly affected by the war

14/12/2022

FAO supported consultations on four resolutions during the Second Committee's 77th Session, adopted by the UN General Assembly. 

13/12/2022

Increased support for the joint Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project as acute food insecurity intensifie

06/12/2022

UN dedicates 2023 to greater efforts in producing millets given their nutritional properties and resilience in adapting to climate change.

06/12/2022

Director-General QU Dongyu reviews how the Organization is being reshaped to act rapidly and reliably to global challenges.

05/12/2022

Report calls for sustainable management amid mounting threats

02/12/2022

FAO Food Price Index is now only 0.3 percent higher than a year earlier

01/12/2022

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2023 is seeking $1.9 billion to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the most severely acute food insecure people, as acute food insecurity continues to escalate globally.


30/11/2022
Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will lead the Food Systems Integrated Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). 
16/11/2022
FAOSTAT, the International Fertilizer Association and leading research universities offer new reference point for assessing agricultural, environment and sustainability priorities.
12/11/2022
UN report highlights how lack of effective refrigeration directly results in the loss of 526 million tons of food production, or 12 percent of global total.
11/11/2022
FAO Food Outlook forecasts point to somewhat easing world market conditions, but increasing uncertainties.
07/11/2022
Mission aims to help develop crops able to adapt to climate change on earth.
07/11/2022
100 States endorse FAO Agreement on Port State Measures.
04/11/2022
International quotations of food commodity groups covered by FAO Food Price Index all declined, except for cereals.
04/11/2022
At a press briefing today from New York, journalists heard from Upali Galketi Aratchilage, FAO Senior Economist, who spoke on the Food Price Index update for October and its implications for world food commodity markets ahead. The FAO Food Price Index, the gauge for world food commodity prices, remained broadly stable in October, on...