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The FAO Liaison Office for North America works with strategic partners in the United States and Canada to achieve the goal of defeating hunger and malnutrition worldwide. Based in Washington DC, our office provides a neutral platform for knowledge sharing to facilitate the transformation of agrifood systems in order to achieve global food security, leaving no one behind.

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FAO Food Price Index declines further in February

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The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined for the seventh consecutive month in February, as lower international quotations for all major cereals more than offset rising prices of sugar and meat, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.

ECTAD, WHO and USAID harnessing technology in Indonesia

News from the field

The initiation of SIZE Nasional, the integrated information system, is specifically designed to address the escalating threat of various zoonoses, including rabies, anthrax, and avian influenza.

FAO response to global food security challenges: On the ground in Gaza

in focus

Hostilities in the Gaza Strip have caused catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity. find the latest reports and analysis of the food security situation in the region.

The unjust climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women and youth

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This groundbreaking report assembles an impressive set of data from 24 low- and middle-income countries in five world regions to measure the effects of climate change on rural women, youths and people living in poverty. It analyses socioeconomic data collected from 109 341 rural households (representing over 950 million rural people) in these 24 countries.

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