Africa’s sleeping giant
22/06/2009
400 million hectares of Guinea Savannah land ripe for commercial farming
Zimbabwe: higher production but food insecurity persists
25/06/2009
FAO/WFP assessment report published
"Food should be a national security issue"
13/01/2009
Interview with M. Chipeta on the food crisis in Eastern Africa
Renewed cooperation between CIHEAM and FAO
08/01/2009
Partnership focuses on traditional foods, forests, fisheries, irrigation, diseases and pest control
Professional Football Against Hunger in Cairo
13/01/2009
European football officials, players to visit FAO’s TeleFood projects
Italy gives €10 million for farm development
15/01/2009
Italian Government confirmed as a leading donor to FAO
Growing hope for Africa's hungry orphans
19/01/2009
Popular field schools teach vital farming, life skills
Moving closer to a global plan of action for water
21/01/2009
International meeting to prepare for next World Water Forum
UN warns of more food shortages without strong action
27/01/2009
Madrid meeting takes on global food, nutrition and agriculture problems
Agriculture in Gaza severely damaged
30/01/2009
FAO fears increase of food insecurity after conflict – emergency interventions planned
Planned treaty will close ports to fish pirates
03/02/2009
FAO-brokered talks lay groundwork for binding agreement to combat illegal fishing
Shrimp fisheries under scrutiny
16/02/2009
Overfishing, bycatch and discards need to be urgently addressed - FAO calls for more comprehensive management of fisheries
Early indications hint at smaller 2009 cereal crop
12/02/2009
Despite bumper 2008 harvests, high prices persist in many poor countries
New edition of FAO's "State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture"
01/01/2009
Committee on Fisheries meeting 2-6 March at FAO's Rome headquarters
World fisheries must prepare for climate change
02/03/2009
FAO releases new "State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture" report
Bumper rice harvest could bring down consumer prices
25/02/2009
But economic slowdown will affect the poor and their access to basic foods
Rethinking the value of planted forests
27/02/2009
Demand from industry and climate change mitigation increase planted forest potential
Brazil signs on to high seas fishing agreement
02/03/2009
FAO compliance agreement is a unique effort to improve management of high seas fishing and fight illegal fishing
Forests and the global economy: 10 million new jobs
10/03/2009
Sustainable forest management could become a means of creating millions of new green jobs