Need for transformational change to address food security, agriculture and forestry together
12/12/2019
FAO Director-General highlights solutions to deforestation on the margins of COP25
South-South and Triangular Cooperation: a "game changer" for world's most vulnerable, says FAO Director-General
12/12/2019
Partnerships are working at both institutional and grass-roots levels
Greater innovation needed to fight climate change, poverty and hunger
12/12/2019
FAO Director-General highlights solutions to global challenges at SDG2 event on the margins of COP25
Innovative solutions needed in agriculture to respond to climate change
11/12/2019
Digital technology, drones and data analytics are vital, says FAO Director- General
Germany launches €20 million programme with FAO and UNDP to boost the agriculture sectors’ role in addressing climate change
11/12/2019
The initiative will support developing countries accelerate and improve planning, build resilience and engage with the private sector
Three million undernourished people in Asia-Pacific need to be lifted out of hunger every single month until the end of 2030 to achieve Sustainable Development Goal
11/12/2019
UN agencies warn on the state of malnutrition across the world’s hungriest region and call for nutrition to be placed at the heart of social protection programmes
FAO Director-General kicks off International Mountain Day
11/12/2019
Youth have a leading role to play in demanding support for fragile ecosystems exposed to hunger and climate risks
Pulses take the stage in flagship partnership
10/12/2019
FAO and the Global Pulse Confederation agree to bolster production and consumption of nutritious pulse crops
FAO and INCATEMA team up to support small island developing nations in the Caribbean
10/12/2019
Scaling-up renewable energy use to boost Zero Hunger and climate actions
FAO Council approves structural changes including new offices to support least developed countries
06/12/2019
Members approve new Office of Innovation, Office for SIDS/LDCs/LLDCs and Biodiversity Cluster
World food prices jump in November
05/12/2019
Meat and vegetable oils lead FAO Food Price Index upwards, while cereal prices dip amid record output even as weather weighs in Africa
FAO offers novel assessment of trees and forests in the world’s drylands
05/12/2019
Geospatial data and global network of partnerships produces new insights on more than 40 percent of the earth’s surface
Hand-in-Hand Initiative creates a new business model for partners to work together to end poverty and hunger
04/12/2019
Innovation and investment the key to transformation says FAO Director-General
FAO scales up fight against Fall Armyworm
04/12/2019
New Global Action Initiative will help curb the rapid spread of the invasive pest
FAO and Centro Agroalimentare Roma to promote the sale of local fresh fruits and vegetables on FAO premises
04/12/2019
Products will be sourced from the region around Rome and will be available for purchase to all FAO employees and visitors
FAO to open Partnership and Liaison Office in Kuwait
04/12/2019
Strengthened cooperation will focus on food security, nutrition, agricultural and rural development in the Near East
FAO Director-General introduces innovation agenda to Council
02/12/2019
Member states meet to approve plans to better cater for the needs of vulnerable people
FAO launches 2020 as the UN’s International Year of Plant Health
02/12/2019
Plants make up 80 percent of our food but are under constant and increasing threat from pests and diseases
Spain’s Horta of Valencia wins recognition on FAO’s global agricultural heritage list
27/11/2019
An example of sustainable irrigation, the site is also home to a wide range of birds, fish and plants
Putting Mediterranean and other traditional diets back on the consumer’s plate
27/11/2019
Traditional healthy diets and dietary diversity should be protected and promoted to advance our efforts towards sustainable development