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

FAO at COP28 - The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) hosted by the United Arab Emirates in Dubai will take place between 30 November and 12 December. The Conference is set to be a landmark event in the global effort to combat climate...

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...