New agreement supports a $7 million multi-donor project which aims to enhance accuracy, accessibility, and transparency of forest dat

FAO’s benchmark index of food commodity prices in 2021 averaged sharply higher than in 2020 Rome - World food prices fell slightly in December as international prices for vegetable oils and sugar fell significantly from lofty levels, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.7...

We spoke with FAO Deputy Director-General Laurent Thomas about why agriculture must be central in global humanitarian response efforts. With hunger levels rising worldwide, how do you see the humanitarian response in 2022? I believe the humanitarian response in 2022 will have to focus on three priorities: (i) anticipating and preventing crises,...

QU Dongyu, on 2022 poised to be a year of extraordinary efforts leading to extraordinary results.

Funding is intended to support FAO’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery and One Health programmes.

FAO supported consultations on five resolutions during the Second Committee's 76th Session, adopted by the UN General Assembly. The General Assembly considered this month the report of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial), and adopted substantive resolutions related to food and agriculture. FAO actively engaged in the work of the Second Committee.   Against this backdrop,...

Franciscan monks awarded UN Secretary-General António Guterres the Lamp of Peace of Saint Francis, recognizing commitment to the peaceful existence of people and actions to promote dialogue among them.

Interest in the FMM is growing, with New Zealand and Australia the latest Members to join.

New report calls for radical changes to the Arab region’s agrifood systems to deliver food security and nutrition for all.

According to the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition by FAO and UNICEF.

Leaders of three regional agencies call for more action on agrifood systems transformation in the face of worsening hunger and malnutrition.

FAO releases new data and analysis on the region’s hunger and malnutrition situation in a shorter, more compact format.

FAO and UNWTO launch new publication at high-level event to celebrate International Mountain Day 2021.

Pressures on land and water resources increase to critical point after significant deterioration over the past decade, according to SOLAW 2021

In the lead up to the 60th session of the Commission for Social Development, an inter-session informal preparatory meeting was convened to review the food security and nutrition status and pathways to recovery from the pandemic  9 December, New York - The Chair of the 60th session of the Commission for...

Acting ahead of crises means protecting people's lives and livelihoods with benefits that reach far into the future

FAO Director-General addresses Nutrition for Growth event and stresses the importance of advocacy and awareness-raising

The international observance convened inspiring speakers and award winners to focus attention on the importance of healthy soils and advocating for the sustainable management of soil resources.  7 December, New York - Every year, World Soil Day sheds a light on the key role healthy soils play in ending global hunger and...

Ocean litter has been making the headlines, but a new report by FAO suggests that plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural soils

With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) behind us, we spoke to Eduardo Mansur, Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, on FAO’s participation in Glasgow where it called for linkages between the climate and food security agendas. What are the key takeaways from COP26, and what...