March 11, 2022

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is staying and delivering in Ukraine. Ongoing work has been pivoted to scale up the humanitarian response. Senior staff have been deployed to the country, while regional and headquarters teams dedicat...

Executive Summary

1. Market structure, trade profiles and recent price trends

1.1 Market shares • The Russian Federation and Ukraine are among the most important producers of agricultural commodities in the world. Both countries are net exporters of agricultural products, and the...

A statement by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu

Mar 2022

The recent escalation in conflict in Ukraine is affecting the food security of the most vulnerable rural households. According to the United Nations Flash Appeal, given the scale and direc...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is rapidly scaling up its efforts to respond to urgent food security needs resulting from the unfolding war in Ukraine, focusing initially on livelihood-saving interventions for the most vulnerable small...

About 30 percent (12.6 million people) of Ukraine’s population lives in rural areas (as of January 2021). Agriculture plays an increasingly important role in the Ukrainian economy, with its share of GDP (including forestry and fishery) rising from 6.3 percent in 2007 to...

25 February 2022, Washington, D.C. - Technologies and innovations in the agriculture sector are growing at an exponential rate, with new digital solutions to make farming more efficient. To explore how youth are tapping into innovations in the agriculture sector, FAO North Amer...

Over the last few years, global food systems have been disrupted by conflict, economic shocks, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing global food insecurity and malnutrition.

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Nairobi – An extended, multi-season drought is driving acute food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with 12 to 14 million people now at risk as crops continue to wither and animals weaken, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners warned t...

Washington, D.C.- FAO North America and Slow Food USA celebrated legumes, pulses and beans on World Pulses Day through a Slow Food Live webinar moderated by Anna Mulé, Executive Director of Slow Food USA. The hour-long session highlighted how these small but mighty seeds teach ...

Fighting drought in Afghanistan: commitment and tears

An FAO officer, Jawid Sultany, goes back to Herat and finds a worrisome situation

I have to admit that I was obsessed with getting back to the office. I couldn’t wait for the security ...

The new annual Awards acknowledge progress in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Awards are open to individuals, organizations, governments, foundations, academia or private sector leaders across the world.  We want to hear your story about ho...

Rome/Nairobi– Over $138 million in urgent funding is needed to assist 1.5 million vulnerable people in rural communities in the Horn of Africa whose fields and pastures have been hard hit by an extended drought, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

Dear Readers,

I hope this New Year brings with it reinvigorated hope to you, your colleagues and loved ones! I also hope that the holiday season allowed time for reflection, especially on how we can help vulnerable and marginalized populations worldwide address the sc...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today welcomed a $10 million contribution from the United States of America to its COVID-19 response efforts and to help counter other challenges that threaten human, animal and environmental health, inc...