Sustainable water management: Groundbreaking digital tool gets a global boost
01/09/2022
Support from the Netherlands allows FAO’s WaPOR portal to expand geographical coverage.
Afghanistan: Boosting local food production, generating income and reviving rural markets
25/08/2022
$80 million USAID contribution will support FAO projects targeting smallholder resilience, women’s empowerment and environmental sustainability.
Environmental sustainability is a key part of humanitarian work in dryland regions
19/08/2022
New FAO policy brief is developed in partnership with CGIAR and CARE.
Tigray: FAO scales up procurement of fertilizers thanks to a $10 million loan from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund
08/08/2022
The funds have helped to speed up delivery of agricultural inputs to farmers during the critical planting season.
Looming food access crisis remains, despite lower commodity price levels in July
05/08/2022
At a press briefing today from New York, journalists heard from Máximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist, who spoke on the Food Price Index update for July and its implications for world food commodity markets ahead.
The FAO Food Price Index, the benchmark for world food commodity prices, saw a strong decline in July vis-à-vis...
Somalia: “We cannot wait for famine to be declared; we must act now”
05/08/2022
Interview with Rein Paulsen, Director of the FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience.
Global food commodity prices decline in July
05/08/2022
Vegetable oils and cereals lead FAO Food Price Index lower.
Tough choices for drought-affected families in rural Somalia
02/08/2022
Protecting livelihoods keeps families together.
Ukraine: FAO, Canada join forces to address grain storage deficit
02/08/2022
Canada contributes USD 40 million to cover 2.4 million tonnes of storage.
Europe and Central Asia: Promoting green agriculture to transform local agrifood systems
01/08/2022
FAO rolls out its global initiative “One Country One Priority Product”.
FAO to boost soil nutrient mapping in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa
27/07/2022
A USD 20 million contribution from U.S.A. will catalyze more efficient use of fertilizers.
Nuclear technologies for more resilient agriculture
25/07/2022
FAO/IAEA International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-Smart Agriculture.
Science and innovation are key accelerators for transforming agrifood systems
21/07/2022
FAO Director-General stresses the importance of FAO’s first-ever Science and Innovation Strategy in achieving new levels of productivity, quality, diversity, efficiency, and environmental sustainability.
Animal health important for helping cut greenhouse gas emissions, new report says
21/07/2022
Study by FAO and partners says better approach needed in evaluating the impact.
Our agrifood systems need transformative finance, governance
19/07/2022
The Director of the FAO Office of Sustainable Development Goals, Stefanos Fotiou, spoke at today’s Moment for Nature high-level thematic debate, discussing how agrifood systems serve as a cohesive avenue to foster a healthy planet.
Today saw the High-level Thematic Debate of the UN General Assembly: Moment for Nature, convened by the...
Bold, scaled, collaborative actions are needed to give everyone access to enough nutritious food, FAO Director-General says
19/07/2022
QU Dongyu addresses opening of the 28th Session of FAO Committee on Agriculture.
FAO at the HLPF 2022
18/07/2022
Revisit the latest FAO engagements at the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) and the main takeaways from discussions spanning the many areas across which transforming our agrifood systems stand to accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda.
In 2022, FAO has actively engaged in the preparatory process of the HLPF. In...
Green Climate Fund approves new projects in Benin and the Gambia
18/07/2022
Through a partnership with FAO the new projects will introduce climate resilient practices to lower emissions and improve livelihoods.
Urgent resolve, global coordination to avoid a food availability and access crisis
18/07/2022
FAO Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, presented today on the prospects of global food security at a high-level event on coordinating responses to the global food crisis, convened by the President of the UN General Assembly and the Committee on World Food Security.
Convened by the 76th President of the UN General Assembly...
Call for urgent action to address the global food security crisis
15/07/2022
Joint Statement by the Heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Food Programme, and World Trade Organization.