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 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development
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Discover this global recognition initiative marking the International Year of the Woman Farmer. It celebrates 100 women nominated for their outstanding contributions to agriculture, food systems, and rural development. The honorees come from across the agrifood value chain and represent a wide range of roles and backgrounds.
El Niño
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El Niño is a natural climate phenomenon, in which surface waters of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm and cause changes in weather patterns around the world. Since El Niño can often be predicted months in advance, has a slow onset and a regular pattern, it is possible to design anticipatory actions and prepare emergency responses well ahead of time.
FAO Food Price Index
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The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices weighted by the average export shares of each of the groups.
Hunger Map 2026
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The interactive FAO World Hunger and Food Insecurity Maps 2026 present the latest global estimates of hunger and food insecurity. Explore current trends across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean and other regions, track progress toward Zero Hunger.
Video
FAO celebrates 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development
16/10/2026
Across the world, women are growing food, protecting natural resources, preserving knowledge, creating opportunities and transforming rural communities. FAO...
Podcast
World Food Day
12/10/2026
Forward-thinking solutions, combined with traditional knowledge and inclusive approaches, can help ensure that everyone has access to sufficient, diverse,...
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Contact
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