Senior leaders at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) met with a delegation from Iceland in Rome to discuss how to advance cooperation under a new five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in areas of shared interest, including food security and resilience, sust...

Songdo, Republic of Korea/Rome – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved two new projects valued at USD 184.8 million to bolster sustainable forest management, land restoration and climate-resilient development in Algeria and Mexico with support from the Food and Agricult...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Flanders (Belgium) have signed a new five-year Framework Agreement to strengthen their cooperation on sustainable agrifood systems.

The agreement builds on a partnership ...

Aden / Amman – In Yemen, agriculture is more than a source of food. It is a source of livelihoods, income and opportunity for millions of Yemenis. From farmers and farm workers to traders, food processors, transporters and small businesses, a stronger agricultural sector ca...

Amman/Beirut/Riyadh/Rome – As conflict, displacement, and climate pressures continue to drive high levels of acute food insecurity across the Near East and North Africa, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is calling for urgent funding for emer...

Port-au-Prince - Emergency food production support provided by 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 helping some 13 000 vulnerable households – ap...

KABUL – The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched a €5 million initiative to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses reach markets, generate more reliable incomes and better withstand climate and economic s...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Switzerland have signed a new Framework Agreement to guide the next five years of cooperation, marking 80 years of partnership.  The agreement followed a Strategic Consultation at FAO Headq...

Santo Domingo - El Banco de Reservas, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Ministerio de Agricultura acordaron poner en marcha un mecanismo de financiamiento por cerca de 20 millones de USD para apoyar la modernización y el forta...

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), con financiación del Fondo Humanitario Regional para América Latina y el Caribe (RHPF LAC), implementa una respuesta humanitaria de 8 millones de USD orientada a salvar vidas mediante la protección y recuperaci...

Rome/Dushanbe, Tajikistan - The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a total of $52.5 million for a cross-cutting project to be implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), t...

Tegucigalpa - Con financiación del Fondo Humanitario Regional para América Latina y el Caribe, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) implementa una respuesta de emergencia orientada a salvar vidas y proteger los medios de vida de 4 ...

Rome/London – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today announced a new investment from Norway to strengthen forest monitoring worldwide, helping countries strengthen climate action, improve transparency and unlock finance to protect and restor...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched their first-ever Joint Anticipatory Action Ap...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Kingdom of the Netherlands held their first-ever Annual Strategic Consultation, at FAO headquarters in Rome, committing to deepen a decades-long partnership and focus it more sharply on measurable...

Rome/Samarkand – On World Environment Day, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed the Ninth Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF‑9), underscoring the opportunity to upscale agriculture and food systems solutions for biodi...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is delivering lifesaving support including essential agricultural inputs and livestock feed (cash-for-feed) combined with cash plus assistance and animal health services funded by the Ethiopia H...

Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Kingdom of Norway reaffirmed their long-standing partnership during a high-level Strategic Consultation held at FAO headquarters on 26 May, underscoring a shared commitment to tackling hunge...

Chad - Thanks to a critical contribution of USD 4 million from the Regional Humanitarian Fund, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is scaling up its emergency food security response in Chad’s Ouaddaï, Wadi Fira, Sila and Lac provinces.&nbs...

Kabul – Five Afghan agribusinesses have been selected as the first recipients of co-investment matching grants under an initiative implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the World Bank Group aimed at revitalizing Afgha...