Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed Canada’s pledge of nearly $10 million (CAD 13.5 million) to mitigate wildfire risks and protect ecosystems worldwide through the FAO-hosted Global Fire Management Hub.

Can...

Sulaymaniyah - Under the auspices of H.E. Mr. Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq marked a major step toward safeguarding its agricultural heritage and enhancing its food security with the laying of the foundation stone for the first-e...

Port Moresby (Papua Nueva Guinea)/Roma (Italia). El Fondo Verde para el Clima (FVC) ha aprobado proyectos por valor de más de 300 millones de USD con el objetivo de proteger los bosques de Papua Nueva Guinea, promover la pesca sostenible en Santa Lucía y favorecer el crecimiento ...

Chiang Mai, Thailand – Stretching from Bhutan to Papua New Guinea, the Indo-Malaya forest biome harbors one of the last major primary forest areas in the world, hosting more than 5,000 threatened species. 60 percent of its original vegetation is already lost, and the remain...

A new US$4.5 million project will create employment opportunities for vulnerable farmers in Lebanon and reduce production costs in the dairy value chain. The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and ...

The Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) has approved USD 8.9 million in grant funding for an FAO-led initiative to strengthen food security and climate resilience in the Solomon Islands.

With rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and a large rural population dependent on agricul...

Baghdad, Iraq - Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Mr. QU Dongyu, together with key Iraqi ministries, today launched the Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded project titled "Strengthening Climate Resilience of Vulnerable Agricultural...

The Pandemic Fund, hosted by the World Bank, provides multiyear grants to help low- and middle-income countries strengthen prevention, preparedness, and response to pandemic threats. Using a One Health approach, the Fund supports collaborative disease surveillance and early warning systems, la...

Milan – The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today took part in the 58th Annual Meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Milan, where he emphasised the need to strengthen cooperation for furtheri...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was awarded Wednesday for its sustained effort to help Zimbabwe use satellite-tracked evidence to improve its crop production data. FAO won the SDG Custodian Agency Prize at the seventh annual ...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today on Earth Day launched Accelerating Innovative Monitoring for Nature Restoration&nb...

Kyiv - The war in Ukraine continues inflicting pressure on the agricultural sector, making it increasingly difficult for farmers and rural families to continue food production and sustain their livelihoods. In response, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has...

Rome – A significant milestone in global plant health capacity development was achieved with the launch of the IPPC Plant Health Campus, during the 19th Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-19). Developed under the "Strengthening Food Control and Phytosanitary Capacities...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomed a contribution of nearly USD 1.2 million (£ 950 000) from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which will support the implementation of the Africa Phytosanitary Programme ...

Rome/Mogadishu – Ugbaad – the Somali name for a new project that aims to boost climate resilient agriculture – translates as “fresh sprouting pasture”, symbolizing hope. The Climate Resilient Agriculture project bearing its name will tackle persisten...

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has received $11.9 million in contributions from the Government of Japan to scale up its emergency and resilience activities in humanitarian contexts across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. This fu...

Songdo/Roma – El Fondo Verde para el Clima (FVC) ha aprobado la financiación de dos nuevos proyectos valorados en más de 130 millones de USD para fortalecer la resiliencia al clima y promover el desarrollo sostenible en Kenya y Serbia.

Las iniciativas dirigidas por la Orga...

Alexander Jones, Director of Resource Mobilization Division (PSR) at FAO, recently concluded a week-long mission to Ukraine, reaffirming FAO’s commitment to supporting the country’s agricultural sector amidst the challenges of war and economic instability.

During his visit,...

Rome - The Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), an inter-agency platform which works to increase transparency in international food markets, welcomed a EUR 1.2 million contribution from the European Union’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development...

La Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático de 2024 (COP29) será un hitoen los esfuerzos mundiales para combatir el cambio climático y garantizar la seguridadalimentaria para las generaciones presentes y futuras. El Gobierno de Azerbaiyán acoge laConferencia en Bakú.