Proposed Global Partnership Programme responds to Members’ request for a broader, country-led platform

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the City of Rome, Italy are hosting the second edition FAO Global Exhibition: From Seeds to Foods. The exhibition will be open free of charge to the public from 8 to 12 October 2026 at the Circus Maximus (Circo Massimo), an ancient Roman stadium right across from the headquarters of FAO in the center of Rome.

Members adopt framework to address the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability

How can healthier plants contribute to healthier people, animals and ecosystems? This question brought together policymakers, scientists and a wide spectrum of other international stakeholders at a side event, “Plant health in One Health: roles, challenges and prospects”, which was held in Rome in the margins of the 30th Session of FAO’s Committee on Agriculture (COAG 30).

Enabling farmers’ transition to more sustainable crop production systems, capable of producing more with less, is central to FAO’s work to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. To strengthen the understanding of four key areas of its work in this domain, FAO has produced leaflets that answer frequently asked questions on: fertilizers, pesticides, seed systems and sustainable agricultural mechanization.

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released on Tuesday by five United Nations specialized agencies.

The 30th Session of the Committee on Agriculture (COAG 30) opened today at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, with discussions focused on how science, innovation and technical expertise can help countries tackle persistent hunger and the increasingly interconnected challenges facing the agrifood systems.

International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), highlighting the need to strengthen production systems, improve market transparency and support a more balanced distribution of value across the value chain to enhance market stability and protect livelihoods.

Promoting market transparency has become a basic element of FAO’s work and is widely valued by the international community, Director-General QU Dongyu said Monday in remarks opening the 77th Session of the Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP).

Rangelands and the pastoralists who use them have critical roles to play in assuring global food security and environmental stability, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said during a four-day visit to western regions of Canada and the United States of America.

As climate variability, globalization and changing ecosystems reshape the animal health landscape, countries need to move beyond simply responding to outbreaks towards anticipating risks and strengthening preparedness. While early detection remains fundamental, today's challenges demand a broader approach. Modern early warning goes beyond detecting diseases. It combines surveillance with risk monitoring, data analysis, communication and decision support to help veterinary authorities understand not only where disease is today, but where it may emerge tomorrow.

Shocks to the world’s increasingly interconnected food and agricultural markets are growing in frequency and intensity, and evidence suggests there are effective policy measures that can mitigate and shorten their impact, according to a new flagship report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Codex Alimentarius Commission today agreed to adopt new international guidelines on the use of precautionary allergen labelling (PAL), marking an important step towards making "may contain" statements more meaningful, science-based and consistent for consumers with food allergies around the world.

The FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has started its 49th session in Geneva, Switzerland ahead of a week of discussions on the adoption of texts and revisions of texts, and other matters relevant to the ongoing work of the Commission and its subsidiary bodies.

FAO’s benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged down in June, as lower quotations for cereals, sugar and dairy products outweighed higher quotations for vegetable oils and meat, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Around the world, farmers make decisions about what to plant, how much fertiliser to apply and where to invest scarce resources. Yet, the soils that support those decisions can vary dramatically across short distances. Two fields may receive the same rainfall and the same management, while producing very different results. Understanding these differences is becoming increasingly important as countries seek to increase productivity while making more efficient use of limited resources.

Farmers, extension workers and governments now have a powerful new tool to help identify the crops best suited to specific parcels of land, enabling more efficient use of resources and greater resilience. FAO today launched CropSuit, a free web-based application that combines soil information with climate information, topography, land cover and other environmental data to identify the crops most likely to perform well in a given location.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean (RHPF LAC), is implementing an USD 8 million humanitarian response aimed at saving lives by protecting and restoring the livelihoods of 11,200 rural households (approximately 40,000 people) in Colombia.

With funding from the Regional Humanitarian Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is implementing an emergency response aimed at saving lives and protecting the livelihoods of 4,000 vulnerable households in the departments of Choluteca, Valle, and Comayagua, in Honduras' Dry Corridor.