
Statement by the Director-General on the food security situation in Gaza
12/11/2023

Global meets local at the World Food Day celebration in New York
16/10/2023

Agrifood systems take center stage at SDG Summit and 78th UN General Assembly
22/09/2023

Daily updates: FAO at UNGA78 and SDG Summit
22/09/2023
New York - The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly marks a crucial milestone in the journey towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and the urgent need to put the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
The world will come t...

UNGA: FAO Chief Economist sounds alarm on lingering global food security crisis
21/09/2023
At high-level event, Máximo Torero called for increased support for smallholder farmers to tackle acute food insecurity

UNGA: FAO and the G7, UN Food Systems Summit+2 and COP28 Presidencies join hands to position agrifood systems transformation high on the international agenda
20/09/2023
New York- At a high-level event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, urged stronger political commitment and solidarity to transform agrifood systems and achieve the Sustainable D...

Bilateral meeting with Ambassador Michele J. Sison, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, US Department of State
20/09/2023
New York - Director-General QU Dongyu and Ambassador Michele J. Sison, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs met and discussed the longstanding partnership between FAO and the United States of America. The Assistant Secretary was joined at...

FAO Director-General makes urgent global call for action on food security at Sustainable Development Summit
20/09/2023
New York- In a keynote speech delivered at the 11th annual International Development Conference of Sustainable Development (ICSD), the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ...

SDG Summit: FAO Ministerial Dialogue underscores the links between biodiversity, climate and food security
19/09/2023

FAO Director-General’s bilateral meeting with H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi
18/09/2023
New York – Director-General QU Dongyu met today with H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of the Republic of Malawi, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The President expressed his gratitude for the work FAO is unde...

SDG Summit: FAO announces the launch of a CPF Call to Action for Forests towards 2030
18/09/2023
New York – “Green should be the color of the future,” said QU Dong...

Bilateral meeting with H.E. Melis Turgunbaev, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Technical Supervision, The Kyrgyz Republic
18/09/2023
New York – Director-General QU Dongyu met today with H.E. Melis Turgunbaev, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Technical Supervision of the Kyrgyz Republic on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The Minister tha...

SDG Action Weekend: FAO touts High Impact Initiatives to transform agrifood systems and boost the 2030 Agenda
17/09/2023

Bilateral meeting with H.E. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of the Comoros and current Chairperson of the African Union (AU)
17/09/2023
New York – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu met today with H.E. Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of the Comoros and current Chairperson of the African Union on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The Director-General congratulated th...

Multiple shocks keep pushing world further away from development targets
15/09/2023
Halfway into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a lot of the progress made towards its food and agriculture-related targets has stagnated or reversed, compounding the challenges in eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health and nutrition, and combating cli...

Sudan: FAO launches emergency response plan to protect and restore agricultural livelihoods amid conflict
11/09/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an Emergency Livelihood Response Plan to address growing food insecurity in Sudan, providing communi...

World Water Congress: Agriculture holds solutions to global water crisis and food security, FAO says
11/09/2023
Agriculture can help conserve the world’s stressed water resources and make sure we have enough to eat and drink, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said today.
In remarks at the opening of the

FAO Food Price Index declines in August
08/09/2023
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Uzbekistan Agrifood Investment Forum – FAO seeks to unlock more public and private investment
08/09/2023
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today urged more public and private investment in the massive task of transforming global agrifood systems to feed a growing population, while guarding against adverse environmental impacts.
“We need to accelerate the pace...

FAO renews call for agrifood systems transformation
07/09/2023
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, QU Dongyu, today renewed calls for the transformation of global agrifood systems at an International Conference on Food Security in Uzbekistan.
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