We need updated food security and nutrition data in order to prioritize a response that is appropriate to needs as well as for advocacy purposes, said Monique Pariat, Director General of the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid of the European Union, during the side-event “From Joint Analysis to humanitarian,...

Experts and stakeholders in nutrition and on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under review in the 2018 High-Level Political Forum (SDG6, SDG7, SDG11, SDG12 and SDG15) met in New York to identify interlinkages that can help push the 2030 Agenda forward. The participants highlighted the importance of utilizing a food systems approach...

New FAO tool lists concrete steps ways to speed up implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda

More countries sign up to block vessels carrying illegal catches

“Celebrating World Bee Day is not just about giving bees overdue recognition and ensuring their survival. It also speaks directly to our future and to achieving the 2030 Agenda,” said Carla Mucavi, Director of the FAO Liaison Office in New York, at the inaugural World Bee Day Celebration on 24...

First voluntary guidelines for forest concessions in the tropics launched

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...