FAO requires $1.5 billion to save lives and livelihoods of up to 50 million people in 2022
02/12/2021
Humanitarian needs, acute food insecurity are growing. Livelihood-saving agriculture activities are crucial, urgently require funding at scale - FAO Director-General.
FAO Food Price Index rises in November
01/12/2021
Wheat and dairy drive fourth consecutive monthly increase, global cereal supplies “comfortable”.
FAO unveils new Technical Platform for Family Farming
01/12/2021
The objective is to promote the sharing of knowledge and innovation across regions.
New UN report: Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean rose by 13.8 million people in just one year
29/11/2021
A joint publication of FAO, IFAD, PAHO/WHO, WFP and UNICEF.
FAO in 2022: Time for extraordinary efforts to continue walking the talk
29/11/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu maps the Organization’s achievements and plans in address to the FAO Council.
Making agrifood systems more resilient to shocks: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
23/11/2021
FAO’s The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2021 report exposes the fragility of our agrifood systems and offers solutions on how to deal with sudden shocks
World Fisheries Day 2021 hears calls to halt exploitation of fishers
22/11/2021
FAO joins the Vatican and Stella Maris advocating for fishers’ rights and responsible practices
Afghanistan - to avert a catastrophe, agricultural assistance is urgently needed
19/11/2021
Farmers and herders are vital if the country is to climb out of a hunger trap, says FAO
Dreamworks Trolls and the UN launch campaign for healthier eating and more sustainable living
19/11/2021
As part of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the Trolls encourage fans to become food heroes
A revamped state-of-the-art forest and land monitoring tool to reverse forest loss and combat climate change
18/11/2021
FAO launches second phase of its innovative platform SEPAL
Recovering, rehabilitating and transforming agricultural livelihoods to weather future shocks
17/11/2021
FAO’s time-critical response in the Dry Corridor across El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras is helping restore livelihoods affected by climate extremes, all the while anchoring in place the necessary capacities and systems to forecast and respond to future crises.
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Africa’s Great Green Wall gives viable return on investments, FAO-led study finds
16/11/2021
Cost-benefit analysis published in Nature Sustainability shows average return of USD 1.2 for every USD 1.0 invested in the land restoration project, despite harsh climatic conditions.
UN agencies back bold plan to ensure every child in need gets a regular healthy meal in school by 2030
16/11/2021
Integrated school health and nutrition programmes can serve as “springboards” for agri-food systems transformation
Seven reasons why pastoralism supports a better future
12/11/2021
This time-tested practice works with nature and offers numerous benefits
World food import bill to reach a record high in 2021
11/11/2021
FAO’s new Food Outlook report examines drivers of rising prices of food commodities, freight and agricultural inputs.
Food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could worsen in the coming months
10/11/2021
FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity.
COP26: Urgent action is needed to make agriculture greener and more resilient
09/11/2021
FAO Director-General tells Glasgow conference time is running out to end hunger by 2030.
FAO and Government of Somalia open permanent Desert Locust Monitoring Centre
09/11/2021
The Centre will build Somalia’s national capacity to independently manage desert locusts in the country.
COP26: Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation
08/11/2021
FAO Remote Sensing Survey reveals new findings.
World food prices reach new peak since July 2011
04/11/2021
Global cereal production poised to hit an all-time high, stocks set to decline.