Message from the Director

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked World Soil Day 2022 with the launch of its first global report on 

Rome – The measure of changes in world food commodity prices remained largely steady in November, with declining international prices of cereals, meat and dairy products offsetting increasing quotations for vegetable oils and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of th...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2023 is seeking $1.9 billion to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the most severely acute food insecure people, as acute food insecurity continues to escalate globally.

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Rome - Unless we find ways of sustainably managing the earth’s stressed water resources, we will need over a third more water to produce the extra food required for the planet’s growing population by mid-century. That was the message from the 

Rome/ Washingon, DC - Under the 2022 theme, “Healthy Diets, Healthy Planet”, the World Food Forum (WFF) took place from 17 to 21 October at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy. In the framework of the World Food Forum 2022, a del...

Rome - Knowing how value is distributed through the world’s agrifood systems would make it a lot easier to optimize and transform them.  
 
To contribute to the evidence base required, the Food and Agriculture Organization of th...

Rome/Nairobi/Geneva /Paris – The Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform was launched today to ensure the growi...

FAOSTAT, the International Fertilizer Association and leading research universities offer new reference point for assessing agricultural, environment and sustainability priorities

Rome - How much fertilizer is...

Rome – A second phase of a global project that helps three countries particularly vulnerable to climate change adapt to improve their food security and nutrition was launched on the sidelines of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Co...

Rome – The world food import bill is estimated to rise to US$1.94 trillion in 2022, higher than previously expected, according to a new report released today ...

Rome – Global action to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has intensified as 100 States have now committed to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s 

By Paul Newnham and Dr. Ismahane Elouafi

Cultivated since the dawn of agriculture and cited in ancient works of literature. Small in size, yet nourishing to both our bodies and the earth. They are the superfood we need to counter the latest food price crisis, a p...

Flagship FAO report addresses concerns over job losses and inequality

02/11/2022

Rome - Agricultural automation, which includes anything from tractors to artificial intelligence, can play an important role in making food production more efficie...