FAO and WFP early warning report reveals worsening hunger in 13 hotspots; five with immediate risk of starvation
16/06/2025
Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali remain hotspots of highest concern, and Democratic Republic of the Congo has returned as a hunger hotspot to watch
Conflict, displacement and disease drive food insecurity and malnutrition to alarming levels in parts of South Sudan
12/06/2025
From FAO Office in South Sudan
FAO Food Outlook: Global output of key food commodity crops on course for new records
12/06/2025
Noting risks, report examines impacts of avian influenza, changing trade patterns since 2022, fish fraud, and shipping industry’s net-zero goals
FAO releases the most detailed global assessment of marine fish stocks to date
11/06/2025
Expanded assessment confirms sustainability challenges as well as gains where effective fisheries management is in place
FAO Food Price Index dips in May amid lower cereal, sugar and vegetable oil prices
06/06/2025
New FAO forecasts point to record global cereal output with a partial rebound in stocks and trade
New data shows that crops like wheat, coffee, beans and cassava could lose half of the best land for growing them by 2100
05/06/2025
Findings come from FAO’s upgraded Adaptation, Biodiversity and Carbon Mapping Tool “ABC-Map”, further boosting capacity to assess and confront climate-related shocks
Ukraine: rural communities need immediate support to plant and produce food amid ongoing war
02/06/2025
From FAO Office in Ukraine
FAO launches new South-South and Triangular Cooperation Gateway Platform
29/05/2025
On the sidelines of the United Nations Committee on South-South Cooperation (SSC) in New York, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Gaza’s agricultural infrastructure continues to deteriorate at alarming rate
26/05/2025
Available cropland now at less than five percent, according to latest geospatial assessment from FAO and UNOSAT
FAO and Slovenia mark World Bee Day 2025: ‘Bee Inspired’
20/05/2025
Gaza: With famine looming, FAO urges immediate access to save livelihoods and food production
12/05/2025
New IPC analysis reveals alarming escalation in food insecurity due to ongoing hostilities and blockades
FAO wins prize for geospatial project in Zimbabwe
07/05/2025
Initiative has helped country tap satellite data to improve its own agricultural statistics and drought and flood modelling capacities
FAO Food Price Index increases in April
02/05/2025
World cereal, meat and dairy prices up, while sugar quotations down
Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
29/04/2025
New report looks at safety aspects of personalized nutrition, including interaction with medications, dosage and new ingredients
UNFF20: Global forest action to be discussed in New York
28/04/2025
28 April, New York: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), an interagency partnership of 16 member organizations permanently chaired by FAO, will contribute to the delibe...
At FAO Council, Director-General QU Dongyu emphasizes world’s growing need for the urgent and accelerated transformation of global agrifood systems
07/04/2025
The 177th Session of the FAO Council opened on Monday at the Organization’s headquarters in Rome
FAO Food Price Index remains stable in March
04/04/2025
Rising vegetable oil quotations offset lower prices for wheat, maize, rice and sugar
30 years of AQUASTAT: FAO celebrates global water data milestone
04/04/2025
Event also features UN-Water strategy briefing and calls for stronger global coordination on water data
New FAO-led study highlights that improving productivity is key to reducing antibiotic use in livestock
01/04/2025
The genetic diversity of our plants and forests is at risk, new FAO reports warn
26/03/2025
Empowering farmers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and scientists to conserve and use genetic resources is key to resilient agrifood systems