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FAO seeks time-sensitive support to protect Afghanistan's 2027 wheat harvest ahead of critical planting window
06/08/2026
From FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Suriname advances climate-smart agriculture through greenhouse and digital technologies
06/08/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Gender-responsive Climate-smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean (GCAF) project, completed a technical mission in Suriname from 27 to 31 July 2026 to strengthen practical climate-smart agriculture, with...
FAO strengthens brucellosis diagnosis to protect livestock, wildlife and communities in KAZA
06/08/2026
FAO has strengthened regional capacity to detect and respond to brucellosis through specialised laboratory training on the Complement Fixation Test (CFT) at the Victoria Falls Wildlife Trust Veterinary Laboratory, a strategically located facility at the wildlife–livestock interface in the Kava...
Latin America and the Caribbean records USD 21 billion in aquatic animal trade surplus
28/07/2026
Global production of aquatic animals reached a new high of 195 million tonnes in 2024, driven largely by the continued expansion of aquaculture, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched during the Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, K...
Kazakhstan and FAO strengthen agriculture and climate resilience through new projects
27/07/2026
Kazakhstan and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched three new projects under the FAO–Kazakhstan Partnership Programme. Raimund Jehle, FAO Deputy Regional Representative, and Yermek Kenzhekhanuly, Vice-Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, exchanged s...
FAO strengthens The Bahamas' National Forest Inventory through digital data collection training
26/07/2026
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Forestry Unit of The Bahamas, has successfully concluded a comprehensive training series aimed at strengthening the technical capacity of forestry personnel in National Forest Inventory (NFI) data coll...
UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
21/07/2026
Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in t...