FAO Director-General QU Dongyu used the 81st United Nations General Assembly to advance action on transforming agrifood systems. 

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2026: New FAO interactive illustrates estimated losses worldwide

State of the World's Forests 2026 report identifies restoration as a high-impact investment that benefits people, agrifood systems and the environment

  

Countries are invited to place forests at the heart of food and nutrition policies

Success of Agreement on Port State Measures to eliminate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing hailed as countries gather for COFI discussion on global fisheries and aquaculture challenges

Adverse weather, Middle East Conflict, and Black Sea trade logistics mostly behind higher quotations for major food commodities

In Croatia, FAO Director-General highlights youth, innovation and appropriate technologies as key to sustainable rural development

Global assessment finds soil erosion remains the most severe threat, while sustainable soil management practices are not being adopted fast enough

QU Dongyu lauds Asia-Pacific’s progress on food security while calling for science and innovation to tackle persistent hunger, unaffordable healthy diets and rural inequalities

QU Dongyu spoke at the International Horticultural Congress in Japan underscoring the need for investment, innovation and stronger policies to boost the sector

How can evidence, innovation and investment help end hunger? In this UN podcast episode of Awake at Night, FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero Cullen speaks with host Melissa Fleming the United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications about the forces shaping food security, the pressures facing agrifood systems, and the solutions needed to ensure that no one is left behind. 

Undamaged cropland has declined by 25.5 percent since October 2025

    

International quotations for sugar, cereals and vegetable oils offset declines for meat and dairy products

The latest IPC analysis for Gaza reveals both the impact of sustained humanitarian assistance and the scale of the challenges that remain

The 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) also examines the cost of healthy diets

COAG’s 30th Session to address One Health, the bioeconomy, climate resilience and rural development, and to review progress on soil health, pesticides, plastics, water scarcity and antimicrobial resistance