Safeguarding mountain vegetation: FAO receives 2021 GEO Sustainable Development Goals Award
26/11/2021
The organization’s work on measuring and monitoring SDG indicator 15.4.2, the Mountain Green Cover Index (MGCI), awarded at GEO Week 2021
Horn of Africa: “We want to prevent as many people as possible from having to rely solely on food assistance”
25/11/2021
Interview with Carla Mucavi, FAO Representative in Kenya
A new partnership between FAO and the Qatar Fund for Development targets food insecurity in Somalia
24/11/2021
Fall Armyworm: Scaling up response across the globe
24/11/2021
FAO calls for more funding, more technical innovation and more capacity development for farmers
Antimicrobials must be used sparingly to preserve their utility for agrifood systems and human health
24/11/2021
FAO Chief Veterinary Officer Keith Sumption talks about what should be done to avoid the wide use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials to help mitigate and contain the risks of antimicrobial resistance.
Rendere i sistemi agroalimentari più resilienti agli shock: lezioni apprese dalla Pandemia da COVID-19
23/11/2021
Il rapporto della FAO sullo Stato dell’Alimentazione e dell’Agricoltura (SOFA) 2021 sottolinea la fragilità dei nostri sistemi agroalimentari e offre soluzioni per affrontare gli shock improvvisi
World Fisheries Day 2021 hears calls to halt exploitation of fishers
22/11/2021
Anno internazionale della pesca artigianale e dell'acquacoltura 2022 – Celebrazione dei piccoli pescatori per il loro contributo al benessere umano e alla tutela delle risorse naturali
19/11/2021
FAO publishes new plan to counter antimicrobial resistance
19/11/2021
Director-General QU Dongyu warns of threat to food security and livelihoods as well as human and animal health.
I Trolls della Dreamworks e le Nazioni Unite lanciano una campagna per un'alimentazione più sana e stili di vita più sostenibili
19/11/2021
Afghanistan: per scongiurare una catastrofe vi è urgente necessità di aiuti in ambito agricolo
19/11/2021
A revamped state-of-the-art forest and land monitoring tool to reverse forest loss and combat climate change
18/11/2021
FAO launches second phase of its innovative platform SEPAL
Un nuovo orto sulla terrazza della FAO evidenzia come l’innovazione tecnologica può aiutare a conservare l'agro-biodiversità
17/11/2021
World Food Forum: follow-up actions to tap young people’s innovative potential
17/11/2021
The FAO Director-General maps out the next moves to build on the momentum towards youth-led transformation of our agri-food systems
FAO and KSrelief to scale up cooperation on humanitarian work, data-driven development
17/11/2021
New five-year strategic partnership kicks off with $5 million to help vulnerable Yemeni farming families
UN agencies back bold plan to ensure every child in need gets a regular healthy meal in school by 2030
16/11/2021
Integrated school health and nutrition programmes can serve as “springboards” for agri-food systems transformation
Africa’s Great Green Wall gives viable return on investments, FAO-led study finds
16/11/2021
Cost-benefit analysis published in Nature Sustainability shows average return of USD 1.2 for every USD 1.0 invested in the land restoration project, despite harsh climatic conditions
Statement on the passing of F.W. De Klerk, former President of the Republic of South Africa
12/11/2021
World food import bill to reach a record high in 2021
11/11/2021
FAO’s new Food Outlook report examines drivers of rising prices of food commodities, freight and agricultural inputs
Food security crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could worsen in the coming months
10/11/2021
FAO and WFP say further scaling up of assistance urgently needed as new report highlights widespread food insecurity