UN report calls for repurposing of $470 billion of agricultural support that distorts prices and steer us away from environment and social goals
14/09/2021
FAO, UNDP and UNEP estimate that 87 percent of growing producer supports, amounting to $470 billion annually and growing, are harmful to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda
Afghanistan: FAO appeals for $36 million to urgently save rural livelihoods and avoid massive displacement
13/09/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu stresses that time is of the essence in address to UN High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan
Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs
30/07/2021
Conflict, COVID-19, climate crisis likely to drive higher levels of acute food insecurity in 23 hunger hotspots – new report
FAO calls for renewed digital push in Small Island Developing States battered by COVID-19
30/08/2021
High-Level Forum saw the launch of the SIDS Solutions Platform to foster innovation and digitalization
FAO launches Global Action on One Country One Priority Product
07/09/2021
The initiative aims to boost the value chains of special agricultural products to ensure food security, improve nutrition, increase incomes and preserve the environment
FAO is “working against time” on climate change, Director-General emphasizes
08/09/2021
QU Dongyu participates in consultation with Members on developing a new FAO thematic climate change strategy
One Health approach and intensified collaboration needed to prevent and respond to pandemics
05/09/2021
Speaking as current chair of the Tripartite (FAO, OIE and WHO) for One Health, QU Dongyu calls for G20 countries to step-up coordinated action against COVID-19 at Health Ministers Meeting in Rome
FAO at forefront of global efforts to build partnership between agri-food systems and conservation
06/09/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu addresses World Conservation Congress in Marseille
Make a real difference: Reduce food loss and waste!
10/09/2021
FAO Director-General urges all stakeholders to develop open-minded solutions to a problem affecting more than 30 percent of the food we produce
Acting ahead of crises should become the new normal
10/09/2021
FAO aims to protect vulnerable populations from disasters before they strike
FAO calls for a greater focus on heading off food crises before they strike
10/09/2021
Acting before shocks hit, instead of after disaster unfolds, is a more cost-effective humani-tarian approach, agency tells UN General Assembly event
First post quake assessment in Haiti finds hunger spike in affected areas
09/09/2021
Restoring damaged agriculture the only path to recovery, improved food security - FAO
“Ecology, Cultivation and Uses of the Prickly Pear”
08/09/2021
A new book launched by FAO and ICARDA in Arabic
FAO launches practical tools to encourage soil organic carbon sequestration
08/09/2021
FAO Director-General QU Dongyu says healthy soils are crucial for sustainable agri-food systems
World leaders and experts call for significant reduction in the use of antimicrobial drugs in global food systems
04/08/2021
Urgent reduction in the amounts of antimicrobial drugs, including antibiotics, used in food systems is critical to combat rising levels of drug resistance
Management of world’s forests must be water-centred
25/08/2021
New FAO-led report launched at World Water Week provides guidance on integrated forest-water management
Make every drop of water count
26/08/2021
Two new reports from FAO map water stress levels and underscore urgency of water efficiency
Global food commodity prices rebound in August
02/09/2021
Sugar, wheat and palm oil push up FAO Food Price Index
Drought threatens the livelihoods of 7 million farmers in Afghanistan
28/08/2021
FAO calls for urgent humanitarian assistance for the winter wheat season
FAO Director-General and world leaders outline pathways to end hunger
28/07/2021
UN Food Systems Pre-Summit closes with joint call to action