The General Assembly today unanimously adopted a resolution underlining the importance of the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025), which highlights and encourages efforts towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal targets related to hunger, undernutrition an...

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29 June 2018, Washington, DC – FAO North America and the Danish Embassy co-hosted a screening of the movie “Wasted! The Story of Food Waste” together with the directors and Emmy Award winners Anna Chai and Na...

28 June 2018 - FAO North America Liaison Office hosted a roundtable on biofortification in collaboration with Global Harvest Initiative (GHI), HarvestPlus and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

26 June 2018 – As integrated landscape management gains momentum as a vehicle through which diverse conservation and Sustainable Development Goals may be realized, FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners organized a roundtable to turn attention towards critical issues around land governa...

20 June 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America in partnership with the Alliance to End Hunger and the Senate Hunger Caucus hosted a discussion entitled, “Research and Technology: Providing ‘Bang for the Buck’ in Global Agricultural Development.” The event gathered staff from congressional of...

26 June 2018, Washington, DC - While Integrated Landscape Management gains momentum as a vehicle through which diverse conservation and Sustainable Development Goals may be realized, FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners organized a roundtable to turn attention towards critical issues ...

5 June 2018, Ottawa, ON - In recognition of World Environment Day, FAO North America and CARE Canada co-hosted "She Feeds the World," a high-level public event that brought together practitioners and policy-makers to discuss the role of women in agriculture in the face of climate change, among...

31 May 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America in collaboration with the World Food Law Institute (WFLI) and the American Society of International Law hosted "Geographical Indications for Food Symposium: Exploring Local Origin, Community Development, and Intellectual Property Rights" at the p...

29 May 2018, Washington, DC - FAO North America and EcoAgriculture Partners co-hosted the second High-level Speaker Series entitled, Towards Sustainable Landscapes Investing: Creative strategies to reor...

24 May 2018, Washington, DC - The inaugural World Bee Day was celebrated on May 20^th, with an official ceremony taking place in Slovenia, to draw public attention towards the importance of preserving bees and other p...

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The global import food import bill is expected to increase by 2.2 percent from the previous year to more than $2 trillion in 2024, pushed up by higher prices for cocoa, coffee and tea and also buoyed by higher import costs for fruits and vegetables, according to Food Outlook, a report the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released Thursday.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through its Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) has ramped up efforts to improve veterinary and public health services by equipping the Frontline In-Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology (ISAVET) graduates and trainees with skills in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Scientific Report Writing. This initiative, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Global Health Security Program (GHSP), is designed to strengthen disease surveillance and reduce the burden of animal diseases across the country.

Global trade in wood and paper products dropped steeply from record levels in 2021 and 2022, with the paper trade continuing to decline under pressure from digital media, according to the latest data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 128.0 points in June 2025, up 0.5 percent from May. Although international prices of cereals and sugar fell, these declines were outweighed by higher prices for dairy products, meat and vegetable oils.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the governments of Borno and Adamawa states, has officially launched the 2024/2025 Dry Season Inputs Distribution initiative. Events marking the launch were held on 16 November 2024 in Khaddamari, Jere Local Government Area (LGA), Borno State and on 21 November 2024 in Labondo, Girei LGA, Adamawa State. The intervention aims at supporting vulnerable farming communities in Northeast Nigeria to produce food that will help them meet their food consumption need while building their resilience.

The only way to reduce carbon emissions and restore nature on the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is to transform our agrifood systems, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.