With the aim to share knowledge to move toward more context-specific, conflict-sensitive, inclusive and accountable Anticipatory Action programming, “Capturing emerging and good practices to improve community engagement in Anticipatory Action”, funded by the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance of the United States Agency for International Development, FAO has developed a compendium of experiences and good practices.

Emerging economies have increasingly driven global agricultural market developments over the last 20 years and are projected to continue to do so over the next decade, but with regional shifts linked to changing demographics and new economic affluence, according to a report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Thirty-eight national-level plant health practitioners, including phytosanitary officers and field technicians in Guinea-Bissau, received training to empower them with field-applied or practical scientific approaches and state-of-the-art digital tools designed for timely pest detection, surveillance, diagnostics, and prevention. Reducing the impact of pests on crops helps to foster food security and safe trade.

Alarming new food security projections for Sudan published today show that Sudan is facing a devastating hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s, warn the heads of three United Nations agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been warning of rapid deterioration in conditions for the people of Sudan, particularly children, as food security is torn apart by war that has ravaged the country for more than a year.

The Government of Canada through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action Window contributed USD 1 million to improve the food security, nutrition and resilience to climate shocks by implementing Anticipatory Actions ahead of El Niño-induced drought on vulnerable communities in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, reaching over 6 000 people, of whom 57% women.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) raises alarm over high  risk of famine across the whole Gaza Strip, as long as conflict continues, and sustained and at-scale humanitarian access is restricted, according to a new report published by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global initiative.

The Government of Canada through the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities – Anticipatory Action Window contributed USD 1 222 000 to strengthen the capacity of communities and local governance structures in Somalia and mitigate the impact of El Niño-related floods on the most vulnerable communities, reaching over 45 000 people, of which 49% are women.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced the signing of the USD 25 million TRANSFORM project, a key component of the broader multi-partner Johwar Offstream Storage Programme (JOSP). The TRANSFORM project aims to improve food security and resilience in Somalia by rehabilitating critical infrastructure and promoting climate smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Jowhar.

FAO and USAID have announced the signing of the USD 25 million TRANSFORM project, a key component of the broader multi-partner Johwar Offstream Storage Programme (JOSP). The project aims to improve food security and resilience in Somalia by rehabilitating critical infrastructure and promoting climate smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Jowhar.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) this week helped 28 countries to unlock $70 million in financing from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to address urban sustainability, groundwater management, biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.

A new online dashboard released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides an intuitive, user-friendly way to visualize connections between FAO’s projects, resource partners, and thematic areas of work, offering an easy way for the public to understand the large amount of project data published by the Organization.

Ensuring sustainable food production to feed the world’s growing population hinges on fertile soils, resilient crops, enhanced collaboration, and increased investment.  This message and sense of urgency, spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners, resonated strongly at the 12th Session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly, held from June 3 to 5, 2024, at FAO headquarters in Rome.

Ensuring sustainable food production to feed the world’s growing population hinges on fertile soils, resilient crops, enhanced collaboration, and increased investment. 

This message and sense of urgency, spearheaded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners, resonated strongly at the 12th Session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly, held from June 3 to 5, 2024, at FAO headquarters in Rome.

Through the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP), the IPPC is collaborating with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the African Union Commission on Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to empower NPPOs in 11 APP pilot countries in Africa, including Zambia, to use advanced scientific approaches for proactive pest surveillance and data collection.

With a client base of around 500 farmers, Blessing Andrew is an active veterinary animal health worker in her community. In fact, she is the sole practicing woman veterinary paraprofessional (VPP) in Sanga, in Nigeria’s southern Kaduna State. In general, the animal health profession remains heavily male-dominated across most of Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, where women comprise an estimated 20-30 percent of the national animal health workforce.

Under the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP), funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, Zambia's national plant protection organization - the Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Service (PQPS), successfully conducted a three-day training session for NPPO technical staff and stakeholders on the application of geospatial techniques in pest surveillance.

Supplies of most of the world’s major food commodities are expected to be adequate in 2024/25, although extreme weather, rising geopolitical tensions, sudden policy changes and other factors could all potentially tip the delicate global demand-supply balances and impact prices and global food security, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

With funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has been working with the Jubaland Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy to increase fish production and strengthen fisheries cooperatives. The USAID-funded project entitled ‘Reducing Communities’ Vulnerability to Drought and External Shocks (RECOVER)’ has equipped fisherfolk with fibreglass motorized boats and gear to access deeper fishing waters for bigger fishing hauls. 

The 175th Session of the FAO Council, a pivotal governing body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), began on Monday with Director-General QU Dongyu urging Members to remain focused on core objectives, notably the transformation of global agrifood systems, and “to ensure we do not allow history to repeat itself through famines and destructions of livelihoods.”

The benchmark for world food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May, as higher prices of cereals and dairy products outweighed decreases in quotations for sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday.