Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are scaling up efforts to strengthen global animal food security with the aim of protecting human lives and livelihoods while improving ...

25 October 2022, Washington, DC - Amid deteriorating global food security, this year World Food Day was marked under theme of “Leaving No One Behind,” with the aim of building a sustainable world where everyone, everywhere has regular access to enough nu...

24 October 2022, Washington, DC – To mark World Food Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for North America partnered with Slow Food USA and Slow Food DC to host a bean supper at Equinox Restaurant in Washington, DC....

Rome - Market transparency is crucial when it comes to trade in fertilizers since reduced availability and accessibility, interruption of supply chains and soaring prices jeopardize farmers’ ability to grow food and push more people to the brink of hunger, FAO Director-Genera...

20 October 2021, Des Moines, Iowa - “We kn...

An international conversation about the world’s profound food security challenges came to The Ohio State University for North America’s official celebration of World Food Day on Oct. 16.

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Rome – With rural hunger at very high levels in Central America’s Dry Corridor region, the time has come to “turn this emergency corridor into a corridor of opportunities,” QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),...

Rome - With the ongoing crisis and pandemic, more and more governments recognize the need to invest in long-term food security and poverty reduction, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said today.
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18 October 2022, Washington, DC - To celebrate youth stories and innovations to create a sustainable future of food, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Liaison Office for North America and Planet Forward co-hosted a regional satellite event durin...

14 October 2022, Washington, DC - From east to west, Canada will celebrate World Food Day 2022 with major monuments lit blue in Niagara Falls, Toronto, and Edmonton on October 16.

World Food Day is celebrated every year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Food and...

“Stories are what are actually going to change the way people feel about their food systems.”