FAO unveiled a prototype rooftop farm at its Rome headquarters, an initiative that highlights how innovative technology contributes to making agri-food systems more sustainable and to increasing access to healthy diets.

Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) programme to combat desertification in the Sahel region is not only crucial to the battle against climate change but also makes commercial sense for investors, a new study led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and published in Nature Sustainability shows.

Tuna and tuna-like fishes, most notably the yellowfin and Atlantic sailfish make up about 70 percent of the reported catches in Grenada. With an estimated 2 550 tonnes of fish caught annually, fisheries play an important role in the Grenadian economy, providing employment and income, food and foo...

In spring of 2020, as the world shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, HELP Logistics continued to support its partners with logistics expertise. Together with FAO, the company ...

The Forest Data Partnership, co-led by FAO and World Resources Institute, will improve access to geospatial data to help reduce deforestation and restore degraded lands

FAO and Grow Asia, a multi-stakeholder partnership platform that brings together farmers, the private sector, governments, NGOs and key stakeholders to foster inclusive, resilient, and sustainable food systems in Southeast Asia, have joined forces to improve the productivity, profitability and environmental sustainability of smallholder agriculture.

The Director-General spoke at the second “Finance in Common” summit, held in Rome and hosted by Italy’s state-controlled Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP). 

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, today attended the launch of the "Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge," a call on...

Antimicrobials (including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics) play a crucial role in the health of humans, animals, plants and the environment, as well as in food safety and food security. However, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ever-increasing global threat, driven by overuse and misuse of antimicrobials in the human, animal, and plant sectors. 

Through a series of joint workshops, FAO and Google helped users to increase their fluency in such tools and encourage the use of available geospatial tools - such as Earth Map, Collect Earth and SEPAL - for a number of projects led by FAO, as well as by other agencies. In the context of the partnership, thousands of FAO employees in tens of countries received training on tools such as Open Foris, increasing their data literacy and allowing them to apply this to their work.

In December 2020, FAO and JR Farms Limited signed a letter of intent to promote youth agri- entrepreneurship in Rwanda. JR Farms is a thriving youth-led agri-enterprise providing food processing, agricultural commodity trading and consultancy services in Rwanda, Nigeria and Zambia, working towards the realization of agricultural transformation in Africa.

In November 2020, FAO partnered with Paradise Foods Ltd, the oldest national food manufacturing company in Papua New Guinea, to jointly support smallholder farmers in sustainable cocoa production.

Zubair SEC, a social impact initiative by The Zubair Corporation, joined forces with FAO in 2020 to strengthen the role of MSMEs in achieving food security in the Sultanate of Oman. The organization provides comprehensive support to Oman’s small enterprises, including clinical solution-based advisory services, capacity building, networking platforms, business development, and a yearly programme that selects ten winners who receive a financial grant. 

As the world entered lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains around the gl...

Since 2002, the Mountain Partnership, a United Nations voluntary alliance of partners whose Secretariat is hosted by FAO, has worked to improve the lives of mountain peoples and protect mountain environments around the world. Now, with the support of EcorNaturaSi, the partnership is able to leverage private sector expertise to better address some of the challenges that mountain communities face.

FAO and Rabobank began working together in 2013, when the Rabobank Foundation, a corporate foundation funded by the bank, partnered with FAO to improve smallholder farmers' incomes, access to financial tools and ability to invest in more efficient production of food crops. This partnership supported the implementation of FAO projects in Eastern Africa, benefitting more than 2400 families of small-scale producers engaged in women’s cooperatives.

A new programme designed to equip farmers with business and e-commerce skills is set to play an important role in revitalizing rural areas of China. Farmer Field Business School, a training programme developed by FAO with the support of private sector partners, helps farmers in rural areas acquire the necessary skills to improve the quality of their agricultural products and find a greater market for these products online.

FAO Members endorsed a new Strategy for Private Sector Engagement 2021-2025 at the last session of the governing Council in December 2020. The Strategy reflects FAO’s new forward-looking vision for strengthening engagement with the private sector towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As part of efforts to support smallholder farmers and create more inclusive agri-food value chains in Papua New Guinea, FAO implementing the  European Union co-funded STREIT programme, has engaged the local private sector, partnering with Paradise Foods Ltd., the country's oldest national food manufacturing company.