Rome – The global food standards body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission began its annual meeting today with a special ceremony marking its 60th anniversary. The plenary discussions of the Commission’s 

October was an exceptionally busy month for FAO and for the North America liaison office, which means that this edition of our newsletter is chock full of news not only from our headquarters in Rome but also North America. Highlights from this year’s World Food Day, the FAO World Food Forum and the World Food Prize Foundation’s Borlaug Dialogue can be found by scrolling down to the articles below.

Rome - Following the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, plunging nearly half the population into a humanitarian crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) distributed nearly 10 000 tonnes of seeds to 1 million farming households – or 5...

Washington, DC – “You can’t solve a problem unless you can see it and measure it. And we fortunately have the SOFI 2023 report in front of us, glaring in front of us, that we can look at and say ‘what are we going to do’,” said John J. Hamre,  President ...

Rome - I am profoundly distressed by the loss of lives and the human catastrophe unfolding due to the violence taking place in the Middle East, and most particularly in Gaza.

I join the Secretary-General, and my colleagues in the IASC in calling for...

Rome - Production prospects across most basic foodstuffs are favourable, but extreme weather events, rising geopolitical tensions and sudden policy changes pose risks for global food production systems and could potentially tip delicate demand-supply balances and dampen...

Rome – Amid the looming threat of El Niño expected to severely affect millions of people, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched an updated Anticipatory Action and Response...

Rome - Our current agrifood systems impose huge hidden costs on our health, the environment and society, equivalent to at least $10 trillion a year, according to a ground-breaking analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), covering 154 coun...

Des Moines/Rome – “Harnessing change is a call to move from action to evolution, and youth have a paramount role as the most important agents of change,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization

Ames, Iowa –QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on Tuesday visited the world’s largest, most comprehensive public seed laboratory at Iowa State University in the United States

Rome- The third annual World Food Forum flagship event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has drawn to a successful close, with attendees from across the world celebrating a week of intense

Starkville, Mississippi - The power and potential of science, data and innovation were center stage Monday as QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), met with senior executives and

Washington, DC - With the world’s urban population rapidly growing and climate change posing new challenges for cities, urban forests and green spaces have a vital role to play in shaping healthy, inclusive, and resilient