9-10 June 2022, Ottawa, ON – Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) embarked on her inaugural visit to Canada with Jocelyn Brown Hall, Director of the...

  June 9, 2022 Message from the Director   Dear Readers,Throughout the month of May, “Food security” took center stage in multilateral fora. With the magnitude of the food, agriculture and humanitarian risks that we are facing in mind,...

09/06/2022 Rome – The global food import bill is on course to hit a new record of US$1.8 trillion this year, but higher prices and transport costs rather than volumes account for the bulk of the expected...

Readout    8 June 2022, Washington, DC – During the second day of their mission, Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General, and Rein Paulsen, Director of the Office of Emergencies at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

Readout    7 June 2022, Washington, DC - The combined effects of conflict, weather extremes, economic shocks, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine is pushing an unprecedented number of people worldwide into poverty and hunger. To bring...