The Pandemic Fund Governing Board has approved USD 499.6 million in new grants to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response capacities in low- and middle-income countries – a major investment aimed at reinforcing global health security at a time of growing disease risks.

Rome – The Government of Ireland has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on a three-year initiative to strengthen national social protection systems and integrate them into climate strategies and programming. The initiative targets vul...

Kabul, Afghanistan – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Government of France are supporting earthquake-affected communities in eastern Afghanistan to restore food security, improve nutrition ...

Rome/Kabul - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are implementing a $100 million initiative to bolster food and nutrition security and restore agricultural livelihoods for more than one million vulnerable peopl...

Kyiv - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Norway have launched a new project to support rural communities in frontline areas of Ukraine. The initiative will be implemented in Chernihivska, Dnipropetrovska and Mykolaivska oblast...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Norway have signed an agreement for a partnership aimed at transforming global forest monitoring and strengthening forest data over the next three years.

Rome - The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved eight projects led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) worth nearly $60 million designed to help seven countrie...

Doha - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) have signed a USD 10 million agreement to support rural communities affected by the potential contamination of agricultural land with mines and explosive remnants of war...

Port Sudan - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of the Republic of Poland, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signed a USD 1 million project agreement to address Sudan's escalating food insecurity and nutrition crisis while ...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched its first-ever Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal, calling for a more coheren...

Rome – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, on Friday urged Member Countries to reinforce global partnerships to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases (TADs), warning they are one of the most urgent...

Kyiv - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Ukraine, with the financial support of the European Union (EU) and in partnership with the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop T...

Belém, Brazil – The UK Government today announced long-term funding of GBP 16.9 million for the Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Forests (AIM4Forests) programme of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). AIM4Forests is a flagship partnership betwe...

Rome – Today, the Food and Agriculture Museum & Network (FAO MuNe) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was inaugurated by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, launching an exciting new e...

Rural women in the Gambia are leading efforts to sustainably restock Cockles (Cerastoderma edule), an ecologically important species which was once abundant and central to local diets. The effort is part of the Climate Resilient Fishery Initiative for Livelihood Improvement in The Gambia (PR...

Reykjavík - On the occasion of FAO Director-General QU Dongyu’s official visit to Iceland, FAO and Iceland strengthened their partnership through the signature of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

The agreement expands the scope of the partners’ current ...

Rome - For the second year in a row, the AIM4Forests programme — a collaboration between the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) — has receive...

Port‑au‑Prince/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), have launched an emergency initiative in Haiti’s North and Centre departments to deliver critical assistance to the most vulnerab...

Port Sudan/Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan, has launched the 2025 national livestock vaccination campaign to safeguard livelihoods of over three million pastoralists and agro-pastoralists acro...

Suva, Fiji – In a significant step toward strengthening its economy, Fiji officially launched its first-ever Agribusiness Incubation (ABI) Center today. The center will serve as a dynamic hub for entrepreneurs, offering crucial support to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises...