Rome- Conflict and hunger are inextricably linked to one another. Conflict often leads to severe humanitarian crises, resulting in heightened levels of hunger in specific regions. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) plays a cruci...

Dakar, Senegal - From 23 to 24 January, FAO held a major national consultation in Dakar to launch the project "Food Security and Agriculture: Accelerated Adaptation" (SAGA 2) in Senegal. The meeting brought together more than fifty specialists and delegat...

Rome – The benchmark for world food commodity prices fell further in January, albeit slightly, led by decreases in the prices of cereals and meat, which more than offset an increase in the sugar prices, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) rep...

Brussels/Geneva/New York/Rome/Washington D.C. – In a bid to emphasize the transformative potential of agrifood systems in responding to climate change and ensuring good food for today and for tomorrow, the FAO Liaison Offices in New York, Brussels, Geneva and...

Lilongwe, Malawi – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases program, marked a significant milestone with the launch of the "Enhancing Animal Health & One Health Capacitie...

Washington, DC – Last week, Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol and Rein Paulsen, Director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), visited Washington, DC for high-level meetings with Members of Congress...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM‑Monitoring) System relies on enumerators all over the world to collect timely and reliable data multiple ...

Rome- The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, with the sharpest drop in international sugar quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

Rome/London - "The state of food systems worldwide in the countdown to 2030", published today by The Food Systems...

Rome/Dubai- Agrifood systems solutions are climate solutions and increased collaboration and finance are needed if the world is to achieve the Paris ...

Dubai/Rome - Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) initiated the process for the development of a groundbreaking global roadmap aimed at eliminating hunger and all forms of malnutrition without exceeding the 1.5°C threshold set by the <...

Rome/Dubai - The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new report

Rome -  The benchmark for world food commodity prices were broadly stable in November, with lower international cereal quotations offset by higher prices of vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

Rome - Agrifood systems are facing an escalating threat from climate change-induced loss and damage, and actions – including increasing financing— must be taken to address their vulnerabilities, according