Promoting market transparency has become a basic element of FAO’s work and is widely valued by the international community, Director-General QU Dongyu said Monday in remarks opening the 77th Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP).

Shocks to the world’s increasingly interconnected food and agricultural markets are growing in frequency and intensity, and evidence suggests there are effective policy measures that can mitigate and shorten their impact, according to a new flagship report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

As climate variability, globalization and changing ecosystems reshape the animal health landscape, countries need to move beyond simply responding to outbreaks towards anticipating risks and strengthening preparedness. While early detection remains fundamental, today's challenges demand a broader approach. Modern early warning goes beyond detecting diseases. It combines surveillance with risk monitoring, data analysis, communication and decision support to help veterinary authorities understand not only where disease is today, but where it may emerge tomorrow.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission today agreed to adopt new international guidelines on the use of precautionary allergen labelling (PAL), marking an important step towards making "may contain" statements more meaningful, science-based and consistent for consumers with food allergies around the world.

The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has started its 49th session in Geneva, Switzerland ahead of a week of discussions on the adoption of texts and revisions of texts, and other matters relevant to the ongoing work of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies.

FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged down in June, as lower quotations for cereals, sugar and dairy products outweighed higher quotations for vegetable oils and meat, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Around the world, farmers make decisions about what to plant, how much fertiliser to apply and where to invest scarce resources. Yet, the soils that support those decisions can vary dramatically across short distances. Two fields may receive the same rainfall and the same management, while producing very different results. Understanding these differences is becoming increasingly important as countries seek to increase productivity while making more efficient use of limited resources.

Farmers, extension workers and governments now have a powerful new tool to help identify the crops best suited to specific parcels of land, enabling more efficient use of resources and greater resilience. FAO today launched CropSuit, a free web-based application that combines soil information with climate information, topography, land cover and other environmental data to identify the crops most likely to perform well in a given location.

With funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing an emergency response aimed at saving lives and protecting the livelihoods of 4,000 vulnerable households in the departments of Choluteca, Valle, and Comayagua, in Honduras' Dry Corridor.

FAO and the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) are marking ten years of partnership and reaffirming their shared commitment to sustainable agrifood systems, soil health and evidence-based fertilizer management through a renewed Memorandum of Understanding. Since the first partnership agreement was signed in 2016, FAO and IFA have built a strong collaboration grounded in technical expertise and shared objectives.

A new El Niño phase is likely to begin within weeks, putting agriculture on alert around the world. New analyses by experts at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) allow for detailed mapping of where El Nino-linked drought is most likely to impact crops and pasturelands.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are stepping up efforts to contain and suppress the re-emergence of New World Screwworm in Central America, Mexico and the United States of America through the application of a nuclear technique.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched their first-ever Joint Anticipatory Action Appeal, seeking $202 million to protect nearly nine million people from the potential impact of a strong El Niño weather pattern across 22 high-risk priority countries.

The outlook for global food commodity markets continues to be relatively favourable, with the 2026/27 cereal production forecast to remain historically elevated, though easing from record highs. However, market prospects remain highly contingent on weather developments, including the emergence of El Niño, volatility in energy and fertilizer markets roiled by conflict, geopolitical tensions, uncertainty surrounding trade policies and broader macroeconomic headwinds, according to a new report published today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that acute food insecurity is expected to worsen further for millions of people across 13 countries deemed “hunger hotspots” between June and November 2026. 

At $184 billion, trade in aquatic animal products continues to hit record highs and now rivals terrestrial meat trade in value. Ensuring sustainable and equitable growth of marine and inland ecosystems, however, remains a key challenge, according to the latest State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2026) report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Countries around the world are facing a growing threat from transboundary animal diseases (TADs), including New World Screwworm, African Swine Fever, Avian Influenza, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, and Peste des Petits Ruminants, as well as other emerging zoonotic threats such as Andes hantavirus, Ebola, and Nipah.  As diseases and pests move more rapidly across borders, countries are facing increasing pressure to strengthen prevention, preparedness and response systems.

The benchmark measure for world food commodity prices remained broadly stable in May, as declines in vegetable oil quotations offset increases in those for cereals and sugar, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant long-term threat to food security, livestock production, economic welfare and human health, making it imperative to realign incentives in the global livestock sector before the costs of inaction become much harder to reverse, according to a new scenario-based economic assessment from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).