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03/11/2021
FAO publishes 2021 edition of its World Food and Agriculture Statistical Yearbook.
Ending child labour by 2025 requires effective action and strong leadership
02/11/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses Nov. 2-3 Global Solutions Forum on child labour.
World Food Forum: Towards a better, youth-led food future
01/11/2021
Hear from the voices behind the first-of-its-kind movement conceived by and for global youth on the road towards a more sustainable and inclusive food future for all.
What is the World Food Forum (WFF) and how has it fostered a movement based on innovation, creativity, and collaboration in working to tackle the world’s...
G20: Actions now to feed the world and save the planet, urges FAO
31/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses world leaders at G20 Summit.
G20: Strengthening the link between food, health and finance sectors
29/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses G20 Joint Finance and Health Ministers’ Meeting.
Meeting between the FAO Director-General and the United Nations Secretary-General
29/10/2021
The FAO Director-General, Dr QU Dongyu, today held fruitful discussions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on the side-lines of the G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government.
Desert Locust upsurge may be declining but remaining swarms require vigilance in East Africa and Yemen
28/10/2021
$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts.
Half of Afghanistan’s population face acute hunger as humanitarian needs grow to record levels
25/10/2021
UN appeals for urgent assistance as country becomes one of the world’s largest food crises.
Animal disease threats: FAO launches new global information system
22/10/2021
EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks.
FAO calls for greater RBA collaboration to implement UN Food System Summit outcomes
21/10/2021
FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, at the fifth informal joint meeting of the FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board.
World map of salt-affected soils launched at virtual conference
20/10/2021
FAO Director-General opens Oct. 20-22 Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils.
Public development banks: Part of the solution to ending hunger
19/10/2021
FAO Director-General addresses Finance in Common summit in Rome, strengthens ties with Italy’s CDP.
FAO’s Women’s Committee celebrates its second birthday
18/10/2021
The FAO Women’s Committee today held a special celebratory VirtualiTea to mark the Committee’s second anniversary in the presence of Her Excellency Epsy Alejandra Campbell Barr, First Vice-President of Costa Rica.
Celebrating our Food Heroes: harvesting the power of innovative thinking to enact change
15/10/2021
FAO’s flagship international observance – World Food Day – convened inspiring change makers and speakers at today’s virtual event from New York, where food system champions and allies tapped on the power of individual actions and collective resolve to end hunger and care for our planet
15 October, New York – World Food...
World Food Day 2021: FAO hails new momentum and energy on agri-food systems despite unprecedented crises
15/10/2021
Pope Francis joins other leaders with messages for global event paying tribute to Food Heroes.
Kunming COP15: Agri-food system transformation is key for biodiversity conservation
13/10/2021
FAO Director-General speaks at Convention on Biological Diversity on building an ecological civilization.
FAO, WFP and EU discuss heading off food crises before they strike
12/10/2021
Brussels Dialogue - “From reaction to prevention: anticipatory action against food crises” – highlights efficiency and cost-effectiveness of anticipatory action.
Committee on World Food Security (CFS) kicks off with a call for agri-food systems transformation
11/10/2021
FAO stresses the need for strong partnerships to accelerate the end of hunger and malnutrition.
UNGA: Building resilience to sand and dust storm hazards and innovating agriculture
11/10/2021
At today’s UN General Assembly Second Committee deliberations, FAO and other UN partners called for integrated disaster risk management to combat sand and dust storms, and for agriculture technologies to accelerate sustainable development
11 October, New York – FAO’s active participation at UNGA Second Committee deliberations continued this week, starting with the presentation of...
FAO at the service of Members to transform agri-food systems
08/10/2021
FAO reaffirmed its commitment to revamp efforts and support to Members for an agri-food systems transformation for a Zero Hunger world
8 October, New York – The Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York, QU Guangzhou, submitted a statement today during the General Debate segment of UNGA Second...