Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are highly dependent on importing and exporting commodities. Imports into SIDS are often used to complement narrow local resource bases with fuel, food, and bottled water; while exports tend to be concentrated in a limited number of agrifood commodities such as cane sugar, bananas, tropical beverages and forest- and fisheries-based products. 

The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, the President o...

Wewak, Papua New Guinea – Along the picturesque banks of the Sepik River in the Angoram District of East Sepik Province in Papua New Guinea, lies a small community where the power of innovation is creating ripples of change. At the heart of this community stands Tina Savinio, a determined woman leading the Kandangapma Women's Business Group. Thanks to the support from the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, Tina and her group have experienced remarkable improvements in their livelihoods, nutrition, and overall well-being.

In food security and agricultural development, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a cruci...

The first session, held on 31 May 2024, welcomed FAO’s Informal Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) members to discuss views from the private sector on FAO's global roadmap to achieving SDG2 without breaching the 1.5ºC threshold. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger (SDG 2) within the 1.5°C threshold requires robust private sector involvement – including cooperation between investors, international organizations, governments, and philanthropic entities – to minimize food loss and waste throughout the value chain and promote sustainable food systems.

Private sector organizations from Europe and Central Asia are preparing to make a collective statement to the upcoming Thirty-fourth Session of the Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia (ERC34) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which will be hosted by the Republic of Moldova at FAO headquarters in Rome, 14 to 17 May. 

A Memorandum of Understanding between FAO and CCOIC was signed in March 2023, and the recent meeting emphasized the significance of strategic cooperation between the two organizations. Discussions covered trade promotion in China in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), capacity building for sustainable agrifood systems and agricultural development, and knowledge and information sharing.

Rome - The Food and Agricultur...

21/03/2024-Rome-The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked International Day of Forests by showcasing transformative innovations such as advances in forest monitoring, early warning systems and other vital technical solutions that are being used to help countries halt deforestation and forest degradation.

FAO focuses on its role as a broker of strategic engagements to harness new technologies and innovations in the agrifood sector to gain cost-effective, sustainable, and scalable solutions to long-standing development challenges. 
In Tajikistan, FAO has recently collaborated with the private and education sectors to accelerate digitalization through the establishment of a digital demonstration farm. 

The new cooperation agreement signed between FAO and the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) focused on the Amazon region promotes investments for the implementation of sustainable, resilient and inclusive agri-food systems.

Quadripartite holds inaugural Plenary Assembly of the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform

Cocoa producers forge new links and improve selling prices

A unique public-private partnership offers game-changing mobile farm solutions for Liberia's rural farmers

This week’s Science and Innovation Forum at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) offered an opportunity to showcase innovations and collaborations which have the potential to transform agrifood systems and step up climate action - new technologies, public–private p...

Deforestation, soil degradation and the loss of natural wetlands have put the productivity of more than a third of Sri Lanka's land area either in decline or under stress, threatening livelihoods and leading to rising poverty and falling food security. However, by adopting modern production te...

EU-STREIT PNG Programme strengthens cocoa farmers’ MSMEs across the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea and supports their connection with domestic and international niche markets for premium prices.

The first edition of an accelerator programme for women-led SMEs aims to empower female entrepreneurs to use agrifood systems to reduce poverty and achieve Zero Hunger 

The fight against deforestation in Paraguay is getting a boost from an unlikely source: cutting-edge technology and data from space, coupled with the expertise of local forest conservationists.

In 2019, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) organized a one-wee...