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/Rome – Le Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC) a approuvé le financement de deux nouveaux projets d’une valeur de plus de 130 millions d’USD pour renforcer la résilience climatique et promouvoir le développement durable au Kenya et en Serbie.

Les initiatives menées par l...

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 – Le Système d'information sur les marchés agricoles (AMIS), une plateforme interinstitutionnelle établie pour améliorer la transparence des marchés alimentaires, a salué la contribution de 1,2 million d’euros fournie par l’Union européenne via sa Direction générale de l'agr...

La Conférence des Nations Unies sur le changement climatique de 2024 (COP29) est unévénement marquant dans les efforts mondiaux de lutte contre le changement climatique et degarantie de la sécurité alimentaire pour les générations actuelles et futures. La Conférence estaccueillie par le gouvernement de l'Azerbaïdjan, à Bakou.

Songdo/Rome – Le Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC) a pris la décision importante d’approuv...

Rome – Des abeilles aux vers de terre, des récifs coralliens aux forêts tropicales humides, la biodiversité contribue à garantir la diversité de notre alimentation. Elle doit donc jouer un rôle essentiel dans la transformation de nos systèmes de production alimentaire, comme l’a souligné aujourd’...

Rome – Earth Map, initiative pionnière de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO), qui met les archives de données géospatiales en accès libre au service de la surveillance et de la cartographie du climat et de l’environnement, s’est vue distinguée par le prix ...

Rome - One of the major development challenges in today's rapidly expanding agricultural value chains is connecting small farmers to increasingly competitive markets. The format of Productive Alliances between small farmers, the public sector, and the private sector is a type of partnership that ...