Team on ground regrouped; strengthened with surge personnel; Declaration of corporate scale-up response.

The Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York, QU Guangzhou, spoke today at a briefing to Member States on the recurrent drought and rising humanitarian needs in the Horn of Africa. At today’s virtual briefing from New York on the drought in the Horn of Africa, the Director...

Read the joint FAO-IFAD-WFP News Release on International Women’s Day.

FAO Director-General starts two-day visit to Maldives, as innovation and digitalization in SIDS countries are a key focus of FAO’s work.

Foresight study dives into the potential advantages and concerns around new foods, new technologies and much more.

Vegetable oils and dairy products lead the increase, while early forecasts point to strong prospects for maize and wheat in the year ahead.

Reducing antimicrobial waste is critical to combatting rising levels of drug resistance and protecting the environment.

FAO Director-General highlights need to safeguard access to food, reinforce food security.

We spoke to Ambassador Thilmeeza Hussain, Permanent Representative of Maldives to the UN. She shared with us how climate action and food systems transformation stand to benefit small island nations. The priorities of the President of the General Assembly for 2022 are anchored in calls for unity, hope, and solidarity to the world’s...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability was approved today in a virtual session.

FAO in partnership with China co-organizes international event focusing on efforts to tackle hunger, malnutrition and inequality.

With FAO as the lead agency, the Year focused global attention on the many benefits of fruits and vegetables to transform agrifood systems and achieve food security.

FAO Director-General addresses the ILO Global Forum for a Human-Centred Recovery.

The economic importance of the tea industry has grown during the pandemic but it must confront key challenges, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu tells the 24th Session of Intergovernmental Group on Tea.

A new project will support the development of nutrition standards for school meal programmes.

The funding aims to support lives and livelihoods of most severely drought-affected farmers and herders.

The 60th session of the Commission for Social Development drew to a close today, adopting by consensus a resolution on its priority theme focusing on poverty and hunger. The 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD60) ended today with the adoption by consensus of a resolution on its priority theme, ”Inclusive and resilient recovery from COVID-19 for...

Speaking to journalists in New York, FAO Director of Emergencies and Resilience Rein Paulsen briefed on a looming hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa in the face of inaction. Connecting live from FAO headquarters in Rome, Director of Emergencies and Resilience Rein Paulsen briefed journalists in New York today at...

At the 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development, FAO Chief Economist speaks on the role of social protection and agri-food systems in a post-pandemic recovery. Building on social protection responses put in place during the COVID-19 crisis, addressing inequalities and investing in agrifood systems are key elements for an inclusive,...

FAO senior officials visit affected areas in the rush to save lives and livelihoods.