FAO Liaison Office for North America

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.

Highlights
FAO Food Price Index declines in January for fifth consecutive month

news

The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell in in January for the fifth consecutive month, led by lower international quotations for dairy, sugar and meat products.

Haïti: Emergency and resilience plan, 2026-2028

in focus
Haiti is facing an unprecedented humanitarian and security crisis, with 51 percent of the population — 5.7 million people — in acute food insecurity. FAO is launching a 2026-2028 Emergency and Resilience Plan that aims to meet the immediate needs of the most vulnerable while restoring the strategic potential of the agri-food sector as a lever for stability and economic recovery. 

IPPC Plant Health Campus

e-learning

The IPPC Plant Health Campus is your portal to e-learning courses, guides and technical information focused on key phytosanitary systems. The IPPC Plant Health Campus provides multilingual, certified e-learning courses that are accessible to anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world – for free.

FAO’s animal health service offer

Publication

FAO is pleased to present a portfolio showcasing animal health and One Health service offer, ultimately aimed at providing a service to all countries, in particular low- and middle-income countries. 

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Sustaining our precious resources while producing more and better

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FAO Liaison Office for North America
1730 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 399
Washington, DC 20006, USA

Email: [email protected]

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm ET