News archive 2015

Some $8 million is urgently needed to help disaster-struck Nepalese farmers rapidly recover lost agricultural inputs and resume preparations for the imminent rice sowing season, FAO said today.

Somalia in 2014 exported a record 5 million livestock to markets in in the Gulf of Arabia thanks to heavy investments in animal disease prevention backed by the European Union and United Kingdom, FAO said today.

The fall is mostly due to the impact of erratic weather conditions, including the late start of seasonal rains in November/December, followed by heavy rains that caused flooding in parts of some countries, and then a long dry spell in the southern areas of the subregion during February and early March.

Millions of pastoralists will benefit from a new online knowledge hub that will help them raise their voices in international policy debates and share valuable information to strengthen their agricultural livelihoods.

A strong and collective effort is needed to tackle climate change, which is already having direct and "tragic" consequences for people's lives, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has told Italian lawmakers.

Jars of cactus pear jam produced in Ethiopia thanks to a partnership between FAO and Italian food store Eataly have reached consumers in Rome.

Healthy soils are the foundation of global food production and ought to become a key agenda item in public policy, said Moujahed Achouri, Director of FAO’s Land and Water Division, addressing the third Global Soil Week in Berlin today.

WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva agreed in Geneva on Friday 17 April to bolster the collaboration of their two institutions on matters related to trade and food security.

This year soils are at the centre of global attention. As part of the International Year of Soils, FAO is turning to you to help draw attention to the importance of sustainable soil management.

During the two-day visit, the FAO Director-General met EU Commissioner of Agriculture, Phil Hogan, EU Director-General for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), Fernando Frutuoso de Melo, and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz.