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14/12/2022

Kyiv/Rome – After nine months of war in Ukraine, rural households are increasingly affected by the conflict with many forced to scale down or abandon agricultural activities, according to a new survey released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FA...

13/12/2022

Rome - Policy makers, researchers, analysts and anyone interested in the past, present and future paths of food and agriculture now have an updated all-in-one tool to peruse the major factors at play in the agrifood systems of the world.

The Food and Agriculture Organi...

09/12/2022

Washington, DC - As delegates from around the world gather in Montréal for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a giant #ExtinctionThermometer highlights the interconnection between climate change and b...

06/12/2022

Message from the Director

 

Dear Readers,

The tables and chairs have been folded in Sharm El Sheikh, b...

05/12/2022

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 

02/12/2022

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...

01/12/2022

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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29/11/2022

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 

29/11/2022

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...

28/11/2022

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...

15/11/2022

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

RomeHow much fertilizer is...

14/11/2022

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...

11/11/2022

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 ...

08/11/2022

 

Message from the Director

 
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07/11/2022

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