23 April 2019, Washington, DC/ Rome – What are the impacts of COVID-19 on our food systems, diets and our health? This was the focus of the second FAO Insights webinar session featuring Anna Lartey, Director of the Nutrition and Food Systems Division at FAO. The session was widely attended wit...

9 April 2020, Washington, DC/ Rome – The FAO Insights webinar series, launched by FAO North America, featured Máximo Torero, Chief Economist and Assistant Director General of the Economic and Social Development Department at FAO, for its inaugural event. Torero presented an overview of FAO’s H...

From COVID-19 to Locusts, read our April 2020 Newsletter!

FAO and the United States of America (USA) have partnered closely over the past 75 years on efforts to end hunger and malnutrition around the world. The USA is the largest financial contributor to FAO’s budget — with almost USD 527 million through assessed and voluntary contributions in the 20...

Since 1945, Canada and FAO have worked together towards finding solutions to many of the most pressing problems of our time, and tested new ways of delivering support to those most in need. Through total contributions of CAD 71 million1 (USD 53.5 million) between 2018 and 2019, Canada has enab...

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many changes in the daily lives of people around the world, but there are things that can be done to maintain a healthy lifestyle in these difficult times. Everyone is encouraged to follow World Health Organization (WHO) guidance and governmental advice to prot...

10 March 2020, Ottawa, ON -  FAO North America and CARE Canada cohosted a breakfast briefing for policymakers on Parliament Hill in Ottawa entitled She Leads in Crisis: Supporting Women’s Leadership and Resilience on the Front Lines of Climate Change and Humanitarian Crises. This...

23 March 2020, Rome - FAO is illuminating its headquarters in Rome with the green-white-red colours of the Italian "Tricolore" flag, as a sign of solidarity with its host country as it grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic.

The lights were turned on th...

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 March the International Day of Forests (IDF) in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake local, natio...

6 March 2020, Rome – The effort to stop ravenous swarms of Desert Locust attacking crops and pastures in East Africa has gotten another boost, thanks to a $19 million contribution from the United States.

Early in the respond the U.S. Agency for International Development...

We asked Beth Bechdol a few questions to learn more about her career path as she embarks on a new journey from the president and CEO of AgriNovus based in Indiana to Rome to serve as the FAO Deputy Director-General of Operations.

1. Congratulations on ...

On 10 December 2019 a Food Systems Dialogues (FSDs) event took place in Washington DC, co-organized by FAO North America, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN USA) and Duke University’s World Food Policy Cente...

Dear readers,

I hope your new year is off to an incredible start and that your holidays were rejuvenating! The year ahead will be crucial for our planet, as we stand just a decade away from the global deadline for meeting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

In 2020, we...

12 December 2019, Washington, D.C – “Fragility is one of the reasons why our progress on achieving Zero Hunger has stalled. I am pleased to see that the Global Fragility Act is bringing the much needed attention to this issue,” stated Rebecca Middleton, Executive Director of the Alliance to En...

10 December 2019, Washington, DC – The year 2020 will be an important year for biodiversity with the conclusion of the International Decade on Biodiversity and the development of a new strategy to replace the 2011-2020 Hitachi Targets. To shed light on key areas for action and the role integra...

10 December 2019, Washington, DC – FAO North America, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN USA) and Duke University’s World Food Policy Center organized the first Food System Dialogue in Washington, DC. The Food Syste...

3 December 2019, Washington, DC - Foreign Policy and Crop Trust organized the Food Forever Solutions Summit to discuss some of the most pressing issues facing global food systems, including the need to ma...

26 November 2019, Ottawa, ON - FAO North America and CARE Canada co-organized an event entitled ‘Not a morsel to waste: Fighting climate change from pasture to plate.’ The event held in downtown Ottawa at iPolitics, a Canadian political news publisher and events convener, attracted over 150 at...

20 November 2019, Washington, DC – To address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in food and agriculture, FAO and the World Bank convened a webinar exploring the challenges and actions underway during the

19 November 2019, Washington, DC – Are we doing enough to achieve food security? The Farm Foundation Forum sought to answer this question by convening a panel discussion at the National Press Club, highlighting findings from two complimentary reports. The featured studies included the