FAO and IOM help lead UN effort to support states in crafting a Global Compact on migration

“We need to move from a reactive response to crises to proactively preventing and anticipating them with focus on risk management,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, at the 2018 ECOSOC Integration Segment on 1 May in New York. Delivering remarks during the panel discussion...

124 million across 51 countries faced crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse in 2017, warns the Global Report on Food Crises presented during a technical briefing on 25 April in New York. “Reports such as these give us the vital data and analyses to better understand the challenge. It...

“By investing in rural development, the international community can harness the positive impact of migration and mitigate migration-related risks,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the UN, at a side event on the margins of the first 2018 International Dialogue on Migration (IDM 2018) on 26...

Calls for transformative change at 2nd International Agroecology Symposium in Rome

124 million people in 51 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity, warns new report

New FAO study urges avoiding "mutual aggravation" of links between water scarcity and migration

Representatives of governments, the United Nations, civil society, the private sector, academia and other actors, came together in the margins of the 62nd Session on the Commission on the Status of Women to discuss the importance of harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to secure women’s rights to land. Chairing the side-event,...

Graziano da Silva welcomes UN chief Antonio Guterres to FAO and hails his commitment to zero hunger and focus on conflict prevention and climate change

The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), taking place in New York 12-23 March, is discussing innovative policies and practical solutions to the multiple challenges women face in rural areas.    To contribute to this debate, a side event jointly organized by Niger and FAO, IFAD,...

“It is our responsibility, as representatives of the United Nations, to make sure the human rights of rural women and girls are recognised and fulfilled. If we fail to act for the empowerment of rural women and girls, we will not fulfil our commitments to meet the Sustainable Development Goals,”...

“Rural women’s needs must be at the core of our efforts to scale up climate action in the agricultural sectors and beyond,” stressed Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the UN, at the High-Level Event on Tackling Climate Change through the Empowerment of Rural Women and Girls,...

Today, inspiring stories of migrants took center stage as the “Making Migration Work for All” exhibition was opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The photo exhibition, which will be on display from 12 to 22 February, is a collective effort of the Global Migration Group (GMG), an inter-agency group established...

“Technological innovation will be key to facing the challenges of today and tomorrow to feed a population that is expected to top 9 billion in 2050,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, during the event “Farmers of the Future: Building resilience in rural...

“The empowerment of rural women and girls is key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDGs 1 and 2, on ending poverty and hunger,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, during the Multi-Stakeholder Forum in preparation for the sixty-second session of...

General Assembly draws attention to key players in pollination, production, adaptation and the world underwater

The road to proclaim World Bee Day came to an end today in New York, when the General Assembly adopted a resolution setting 20 May as the date to celebrate these tiny helpers of food security, nutrition, and biodiversity. “Bees and other pollinators finally have the place they deserve in view...

“There can be no doubt that investing in mountain women is investing in sustainable mountain development,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations, at International Mountain Day celebration at the United Nations Headquarters on 5 December in New York. Co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Kyrgyzstan,...

The myriad ways healthy soils can support sustainable development were discussed in depth at the World Soil Day celebration at the United Nations Headquarters on 5 December in New York. Co-hosted by the Permanent Missions of Thailand, Colombia, Lesotho and the Netherlands to the United Nations, FAO and the Secretariat of...

Numerous applications of satellite technology in facilitating natural resource management and contributing to sustainable development were highlighted during a side event on 20 November at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, jointly organized by the Permanent Missions of Israel and France with FAO. The Permanent Representatives of Israel, Danny Danon,...