FAO and the private sector hand in hand to transform agri-food systems in the Near East and North Africa
12/07/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu: The private sector is a driving force to boost markets, consumers and to transform agri-food systems in the Near East region
FAO Director-General: Family farmers are agents of change on the ground
09/07/2021
Beyond food production, family farmers fulfill key environmental, social and cultural roles
Science, technology and innovation are key to agri-food systems transformation
08/07/2021
Global conference facilitated and hosted by FAO looks at new ways to unlock potential
A robust new strategy for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea
08/07/2021
The targets of the new 2030 Strategy of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) are in alignment with blue transformation, a pillar of FAO’s new Strategic Framework
Global food prices fall for the first time in 12 months
08/07/2021
FAO Food Price Index fell by 2.5 percent in June, after a year of consecutive increases
FAO Director-General stresses importance of agri-food systems transformation at UN event to discuss building back better from COVID-19
07/07/2021
QU Dongyu addressed Economic and Social Council high-level panel discussion
Securing food, protecting biodiversity
06/07/2021
Feeding the planet is indissociable from conserving it, FAO Director-General says
New UN report calls for making agri-food systems more appealing to youth to secure the future
05/07/2021
Recognizing youth as drivers of change is key to their meaningful engagement and employment in food systems
OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook presents production, consumption, trade and price trends for the coming decade
05/07/2021
Global agri-food systems need to transform to reach SDGs by 2030
Young people and innovation must drive Africa’s agri-food systems transformation
02/07/2021
FAO Director-General addresses African Heads of State at Pre-UN Food Systems Summit Dialogue
Closing ceremony of the International Year of Plant Health: Many successes despite difficult circumstances
01/07/2021
FAO Director-General stresses plant health is key to better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life
Interview with Máximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist
30/06/2021
With the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development around the corner, FAO has been hard at work preparing a wide array of engagements around sustainable, inclusive and resilient agri-food systems transformation for Zero Hunger. The soon-to-be-launched State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2021 flagship report is of special interest, being the first global...
New report finds fruit, vegetables, protein remain out of reach for most Africans
30/06/2021
Africa’s agri-food systems must be transformed to make healthy diets more affordable
FAO Director-General urges G20: invest in rural areas and step up actions to eradicate hunger and poverty
29/06/2021
G20, UN and partners adopt the Matera Declaration and call for more partners to join the Food Coalition
Wholesale food markets are critical for agri-food systems transformation
28/06/2021
FAO Director-General calls for greater co-operation to fight food insecurity
FAO Investment Centre’s Annual Review highlights successes in 2020 and beyond
28/06/2021
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Investment Centre has increased support to investment and policies in 120 countries across the world
Improving zoonotic disease prevention and livestock production through nuclear-derived techniques
28/06/2021
FAO and IAEA today opened the International Symposium on Sustainable Animal Production and Health
FAO report maps insights from and threats to Indigenous Peoples’ food systems
25/06/2021
Collaborative study looks at eight Indigenous Peoples’ food systems in Amazon, Sahel, Himalayas, Pacific Islands and Arctic, documenting unique capacity to conserve biodiversity and foster resilient food security and calls for recognizing land rights, and traditional practices
From Conference 41st to 42nd: a new, dynamic FAO has emerged
25/06/2021
The 42nd Session of FAO Conference, the supreme decision-making body that brings together all FAO Members – 194 countries plus the European Union, concluded last week with an endorsement of the Strategic Framework 2022-31
Education is a key lifeline for world’s forests
24/06/2021
New survey points out that forest education must be strengthened to meet global challenges