Dear Readers,

As the world continues to confront the hardships triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical for us to look back at the year gone by and bridge the weaknesses that exist in our agri-food systems in order for us to recover and build back better.

4 May 2021 - With the United States, under the new administration, re-joining the Paris Agreement and President Biden’s convening the Leaders Summit on Climate, is a new era for climate change and food security...

I was born and raised in Subidpura, a small village in Bangladesh, where people lived together in harmony, with the occasional incidents here and there. I had a big extended family, and family members would help each other with work around the house and farm. Agriculture was the ...

Farmers have an enormous role to play in advancing sustainable agricultural practices. To highlight farmers who are leading in this effort, FAO North America and the Embassy of Denmark in the USA co-hosted a webinar on 15 April, featuring insights from global experts and industry leaders. The ...

“It is ironic that in the beginning of this pandemic, we saw food going to waste while people were going hungry right here in America,” stated Vimlendra Sharan, Director of FAO North America in his opening remarks. The Congressional briefing, co-hosted by FAO North America and the Alliance to ...

20 April 2021, Rome - The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) kicked off yesterday with a call to preserve this vast community of living soil organisms and the vital ecosystem serv...

Dear Readers,

As the flowers bloom this spring, so does hope for a new normal.

At FAO, we work tirelessly to build back better, leaving no one behind. Yet, as the latest FAO and World Food Programme early warning Hunger Hotspots report shows, ...

Tom Pesek has 20 years of experience in international development with extensive expertise in sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition security, as well as rural development. Over the past two decades, Tom has worked at UN Headquarters in New York and for all three of the Rome-based Agencie...

FAO, the Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems organized the first exchange of knowledge between Indigenous leaders and the Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit to discuss the White/Whipala Paper on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems.

More than 476 million Indigenous Pe...

31 March 2021 Washington, D.C. – “Nature-based Solutions in Agriculture promise to be an effective way forward to ensure enhanced and yet sustainable food production, but we need to understand that the facilitating environment for its effective adoption has to be put in place quickly,” stated ...

31 March 2021, Washington, DC - The 2021 UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is calling for bold new actions to create more sustainable and equitable food systems. To highlight the potential role of landscape partnerships to support nature-positive food production systems, FAO North America and Eco...

23 March 2021, Rome - Acute hunger is set to soar in over 20 countries in the coming months without urgent and scaled-up assistance, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a 

18 March 2021, Rome - Agriculture absorbs the bulk of the financial losses and damages wrought by disasters which have grown in frequency, intensity, and complexity, says FAO in a new report released tod...

FAO North America is currently hiring for the following Internships positions. The duration is 3-6 months, and the remuneration is up to 700 USD per month. Please carefully follow the instructions on how to apply at the bottom of the page. 

8 March 2021, Washington, DC/Rome – In celebration of International Women’s Day, FAO North America and the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit co-hosted a webinar honoring Indigenous Women as change-makers in food systems. North American Indigenous women, who are leaders in research, policymaking, lan...

Dear Readers,

With nearly 700 million people suffering from chronic hunger, 2 billion lacking access to regular food, and 3 billion not being able to afford healthy diets, compounded with the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need all hands and ...

Hello! My name is Elena Clark and I have been a Congressional Engagement and Partnership Consultant with FAO North America since February 2021.

I grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, where many of my family members still raise cattle, chicken, and goats and grow corn. My first direct experien...

Join our dynamic team as Partnerships and Outreach Consultant, administering several partnerships, acting as focal point on Trade and Markets, and supporting outreach activities!

Apply by 4 March here: 

17 February, Washington DC – As highlighted in FAO’s State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2020 report, approximately one-third of global agricultural and food exports are traded within global value chains (GVCs). Over one‐thir...