Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant long-term threat to food security, livestock production, economic welfare and human health, making it imperative to realign incentives in the global livestock sector before the costs of inaction become much harder to reverse, according to a new scenario-based economic assessment from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

FAO and the International Fertilizer Association (IFA) are marking ten years of partnership and reaffirming their shared commitment to sustainable agrifood systems, soil health and evidence-based fertilizer management through a renewed Memorandum of Understanding. Since the first partnership agreement was signed in 2016, FAO and IFA have built a strong collaboration grounded in technical expertise and shared objectives.

A milestone anniversary and a deepening partnership marked a recent visit to Penn State University, as FAO and one of North America's leading academic institutions came together to celebrate a year of collaboration under the World Food Forum (WFF) Youth Initiative.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not a temporary shipping disruption but the beginning of a systemic agrifood shock that could trigger a severe global food price crisis within six to 12 months. Avoiding such an outcome will require alternative trade routes, restraint on export restrictions, protection of humanitarian flows, and buffers to absorb higher transport costs, FAO has warned.

“Without order, there is chaos. In a world increasingly shaped by global shifts and crises— from extreme weather events to other major disruptions—maintaining order is essential. I am therefore thankful that the Standards Committee is an order-setting committee”. This was the key message by Enrico Perotti, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), while opening the first of two annual IPPC Standards Committee (SC) meetings on 11 May in Rome.

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has called for greater ambition, innovation and partnership to transform global agrifood systems amid mounting pressures on food security and constrained financial resources.

A successful 49th session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling has concluded in Ottawa, Canada. Upon adoption of the session report, Chairperson Parthiban Muthukumarasamy congratulated the delegates for the week’s achievements.  The Committee has completed work on three key agenda items and forwarded the agreed texts to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) for adoption.

FAO, WFP and UNICEF warned today that nearly 19.5 million people – two out of every five people in Sudan - are currently facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) across Sudan, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis. As the civil conflict enters its fourth year, the protracted hunger crisis in Sudan shows little sign of abating as violence, displacement and severe humanitarian access constraints are impacting children, families and communities across the country.

The 49th session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL) opened in Ottawa, Canada, with a warm welcome from Chairperson, Parthiban Muthukumarasamy, and opening remarks from Dr Celia Lourenco, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Health Products and Food Branch of Health Canada. “Canada places a high importance on the work done by Codex. Like many of you, we believe that the work of Codex is imperative to achieving our national food safety, public health and consumer protection objectives,” said Dr Lourenco.

The growing use of recycled plastic in food packaging and other food contact materials offers clear environmental benefits but also raises crucial chemical safety concerns that underscore the need for discussion on globally harmonized standards, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have launched an upgraded digital platform for the Global Early Warning System (GLEWS+), strengthening global information sharing and collaboration on health threats emerging at the animal–human–ecosystem interface.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), marks the International Day of Plant Health (IDPH) today with a high level event and interactive exhibitions at FAO headquarters in Rome, highlighting the critical role of plant biosecurity in ensuring food security, nutrition, safe trade and environmental protection.

The rise of violence linked to armed groups – in both rural and urban areas –, economic instability, disrupted supply chains, and recurring climate shocks continue to exacerbate food insecurity in Haiti, where more than one in two Haitians – or 5.83 million people – are acutely food insecure (IPC Phase 3 or above). In this context, funding from RHPF will support an emergency humanitarian response aimed at saving lives by rapidly reducing acute food insecurity.

Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) and plant pests continue to pose major threats to agrifood systems, livelihoods and trade worldwide. Their capacity to spread rapidly across borders means that countries must be prepared not only to respond to outbreaks, but also to coordinate prevention, preparedness and control efforts at regional and global levels. Managing these threats requires strong technical capacity, rapid information exchange and a workforce equipped to implement complex response measures.  

Acute food insecurity and malnutrition levels remain alarmingly high and deeply entrenched, with crises increasingly concentrated in a core group of countries, according to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026, released today by an international alliance.  In its tenth edition, the GRFC shows that acute hunger has doubled over the past decade, with two famines declared last year for the first time in the report’s history.

The benchmark of world food commodity prices rose in April for a third consecutive month amid elevated energy costs and disruptions caused by the conflict in the Near East, according to the latest release by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

FAO has received USD 10 million in funding from the Democratic Republic of the Congo Humanitarian Fund to provide emergency assistance to the most vulnerable households in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Tanganyika. Against a backdrop of persistent food crisis, this intervention saves lives by enabling households to meet their immediate food needs and preventing a rapid deterioration of hunger in the most affected areas.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF), will implement a USD 5 million project to deliver critical, lifesaving agricultural assistance to 17 300 vulnerable farming and herding households – equivalent to 103 800 people – in Northeast Syria.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Bangladesh received USD 584369 from Bangladesh Humanitarian Fund to deliver urgent, life-saving slope stabilization and community preparedness interventions, to help vulnerable Rohingya households mitigate the life-threatening risks of landslides and safeguard shelters ahead of the imminent monsoon season.