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FAO Food Price Index dips in May
03/06/2022
World Food Law Institute Round Table on Regional Water Cooperation
02/06/2022
23 May 2022, Washington, DC - Water as a natural resource that crosses human-drawn boundaries faces challenging management scenarios across the world. On this topic, the World Food Law Institute (WFLI) hosted a Round Table discussion exploring case studies of regional water co...
With support from USAID, FAO is boosting Namibia’s locust surveillance and monitoring to avert a possible disaster
01/06/2022
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“If they are not controlled nothing will be left for our livestock” – farmers worry as Namibia battles its worst Brown Locust outbreak |
USAID contributes USD 2 million to FAO's drought response in Ethiopia
26/05/2022
23/05/2022
Initiative to improve the food security and protect assets of drought-affected pastoral and agro-pastoral households
Addis Ababa – The United States Agency for International Development (USA...
G7: FAO puts forward proposals to address current and future food shortages
13/05/2022
Stuttgart - The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called on G7 nations to help anticipate future food shortages,...
Saving Lives and Improving Livelihoods: Women and Agriculture in Afghanistan
11/05/2022
11 May 2022, Washington, DC – The situation in Afghanistan has reached a dire point, as the latest data shows nearly 20 million Afghans are deprived of food and suffer from acute hunger. On this topic, the Alliance to End Hunger and the Food and Agricultural O...
North America Launch of the 2021 Flagship Publication: Insights on Sustainability and Resilience from the Frontline of Climate Change
09/05/2022
Washingon, DC - On 29 April 2022, the FAO Liaison Office for North America hosted an in-person book launch for the 2021 award-winning flagship publication, Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems: Insights on Sustainability and Resilience fro...
Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance averted a food security catastrophe in the harsh winter months, but hunger persists at unprecedented levels
09/05/2022
09/05/2022 Joint FAO-WFP News Release Kabul – Some 19.7 million people, almost half of Afghanistan’s population, are facing acute hunger according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis conducted in January and February 2022 by Food Security and Agriculture ...
FAO Food Price Index retreated slightly in April from the all-time high registered in March
06/05/2022
» The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 158.5 points in April 2022, down 1.2 points (0.8 percent) from the all-time high reached in March, though still 36.4 points (29.8 percent) above its value in the corresponding month last year. The drop in t...
New Global Report on Food Crises: acute food insecurity hits new highs
04/05/2022
JOINT EU/FAO/WFP NEWS RELEASE
Rome - The number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livel...
Antimicrobial Resistance: An Invisible Threat
25/04/2022
25 April 2022, Washington, DC - The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with global instability has highlighted the urgent need for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) prevention. To bring attention to the threat of AMR on global food security, the Center for Strategic and International...
FAO at the 21st Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
25/04/2022
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is taking place from 25 April - 6 May 2022 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and online.
The theme of the 21st session is “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligenc...
US Congressional Commission seeks solutions to food crises linked to conflicts
20/04/2022
Washington, DC - On April 12, Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director of the FAO North America liaison office, spoke at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on Armed Conflict, Starvation and International Humanitarian Law.
As background,
Surging food prices: FAO calls for import financing facility for poorer nations at G20 meeting
20/04/2022
Washington/Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for a global
War in Ukraine: FAO renews appeal to bolster agriculture and provide urgent support to vulnerable rural households
19/04/2022
Rome – Some $115.4 million are urgently needed to prevent a further deterioration of the food insecurity situation and worsening of the disruption of food sup...
Canada and the United States reaffirm the continued centrality of FAO’s mandate
15/04/2022
Canada and the United States commit to supporting FAO’s work to build more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agrifood systems at the 7th Informal North American Regional Conference.
15/04/2022 Rome - As...
Leveraging the Private Sector to Drive Innovation for Sustainable Agrifood Systems
13/04/2022
13 April 2022, Washington, DC – Ahead of the Informal North American Regional Conferenc...
Building Resilience in Emergencies: Balancing the Response to Humanitarian Crises
13/04/2022
14 April 2022, Washington, DC - Deepening climate crisis, increasing conflicts, economic downturns and the prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are all contributing towards increasing the need for humanitarian assistanc...
Check out Now from North America - April 2022 Issue!
12/04/2022
Dear Readers,
The escalating conflict in Ukraine has placed vulnerable rural households at considerable risk of food insecurity while displacing millions and putting spring planting and harvests in question. Supply chain and logistical disruptions of Ukrainian and Rus...