FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in New York

05/06/2026
New early-season forecasts point to likely declining global cereal harvests and trade in the year ahead
05/06/2026
Report analyses how the food environment influences supply and demand for terrestrial animal source food (TASF)
04/06/2026
Drawing on FAO’s mandate and the Strategic Framework 2022–2031, this publication highlights the central role of sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems in driving progress across the entire 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. 
04/06/2026
Across UNFF21, FAO’s contributions highlighted the multiple values of forests and the need for strengthened, coordinated action to conserve, restore and sustainably use forest resources. These efforts reinforced FAO’s role in supporting country-led solutions, advancing data and monitoring, and promoting integrated approaches to forests within agrifood systems. 
28/05/2026
At World Nutrition Day 2026, FAO Director-General calls for effective collaboration to ensure that basic, nutritious, healthy, and functional foods reach those who need them most
26/05/2026
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses event on Middle East conflict with Spain Prime Minister
20/05/2026

Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of...

20/05/2026

Rome - The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a temporary shipping ...

19/05/2026
FAO Chief Scientist Charles Martin Spillane highlighted how science, technology, and innovation can help transform agrifood systems and advance the 2030 Agenda at the 2026 STI Forum.
18/05/2026
FAO warned at a special ECOSOC meeting that rising fertilizer and energy costs could threaten future agricultural production and food security. It called for coordinated action to keep trade flowing, support vulnerable countries and strengthen agrifood system resilience.
07/05/2026

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses the Ministerial Meeting of the MED9++ Countries and calls for coordinated action to address disruptions threatening food security

30/04/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), an interagency partnership of 16 member organizations permanently chaired by FAO, will contribute to the deliberations of the upcoming 21st Session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF21). 
30/04/2026

Publicly-oriented agricultural R&D systems surpass $50 billion globally and investment is steadier since 2009


29/04/2026
The food security situation in Lebanon has worsened following the drastic escalation in hostilities and widespread displacement that began in early March 2026. 
28/04/2026

Conflict and displacement drive worsening crisis, with risk of famine in hardest-hit areas; nearly 700,000 children in danger of severe and deadly malnutrition


28/04/2026
QU Dongyu addresses FAO Council on implications for world food security and agriculture due to supply chain disruptions in the Gulf region.
28/04/2026
FAO participated in the 2026 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum in New York, emphasizing the need to scale up innovative financing for agrifood systems. The Organization highlighted tools such as debt swaps, resilient investment and open trade to advance food security and sustainable development.
24/04/2026
Over the past decade acute hunger numbers have doubled, while funding retreats to 2016 levels
13/04/2026
Ships carrying critical agricultural inputs must start moving through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible to ward off the risks of a dangerous spike in food price inflation later this year that could trigger a cascade of effects similar to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
03/04/2026
Pressure on fertilizer supplies and elevated energy prices add uncertainty to markets, despite a broadly comfortable global cereal supply situation