FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo participated at the UN General Assembly High-Level Debate on Land Degradation, Desertification and Drought, a multi-stakeholder platform aiming to elevate the discourse on the linkages between land action and inclusive, resilient and sustainable development New York, 14 June 2021 – Unsustainable soil management practices, biodiversity loss...

Philanthropist delivered biennial McDougall Memorial Lecture

Kicking off its Summer Series dialogue sessions on food systems, the UN Association of New York convened a digital dialogue with the Rome-based Agencies (RBAs) working for Zero Hunger and food security, with FAO’s Representative in South Sudan sharing milestones and challenges from a country-level context New York, 10 June 2021 –...

FAO Members are set to approve the new Strategic Framework for the next decade

Ahead of World Day Against Child Labour, FAO calls for this scourge to be tackled through the transformation of agri-food systems

FAO served as the lead entity for the third and final UN ECOSOC Integration Dialogue, where exchanges on catalysing an inclusive post-pandemic recovery included calls for agri-food systems transformation, green recovery, climate resilience, robust social policies and science and data‑led innovations New York, 10 June 2021 – As part of the preparatory process...

FAO’s new Food Outlook report tracks the risks associated with rising import bills amid broad upswing in prices

Over 350 000 people already face catastrophic conditions in Tigray

FAO and WHO join together to celebrate science and encourage action on World Food Safety Day

Food safety saves lives. Let's save food now for a healthy tomorrow. Find out more.

Leaders gathered at virtual global gala calling for #GenerationRestoration

 Joint report reveals soil pollution as one of the world’s major challenges for ecosystem restoration

Putting the “I” and “U” in IUU

FAO’s Chief Economist, Máximo Torero, spoke today at a UN General Assembly high-level thematic debate on the ocean, where the importance of fisheries and aquaculture featured widely in talks about food security and agri-food systems transformation to achieve the 2030 Agenda and SDG14 New York, 1 June 2021 – With minds focused...

FAO Food Price Index posts fastest monthly increase to reach highest value since September 2011

Call for action to meet commitments to restore one billion hectares of land

Pests destroy up to 40 percent of global crops and cost $220 billion of losses

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FAO's Director-General highlights the links between conflict and food security in event hosted by the Vatican

FAO hosts a lecture by Laureate Esther Duflo on innovative research and how to make messages work for the poorest