International Symposium on Food Safety and Control: FAO underscores the importance of nuclear technologies for measuring, managing and controlling food safety
Celebrating potatoes as part of global diets and agricultural heritage.
FAO Director-General addresses UN Leaders Dialogue on the Progress and Future of Digital Cooperation
The SIDS Solutions Platform helps to share, replicate and scale up locally grown ideas.
Data analyses, policy recommendations, and actions on the ground.
Get ready to celebrate the first International Day of Potato!
FAO and IAEA explore the safe use of nuclear technologies in agriculture.
FAO Director-General addresses UN Leaders Dialogue on the Progress and Future of Digital Cooperation
Climate change and prolonged droughts pose an ever-increasing threat to agriculture in Cabo Verde. Watch the video and see how through the FAO-China South-South Cooperation project, a group of Chinese experts passed on their knowledge and expertise to Cabo Verdean farmers and livestock producers to fight pests, manage soil and animal production in order to adapt to the effects of climate change.
Let’s celebrate the power of potatoes in building a better future.
In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the SDGs in the Regional Conference for Europe; and FAO’s environment and climate monitoring portal Earth Map receives the Google impact award.
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Thanks to continued trust and growing financial support from our Resource Partners, FAO is working to create a world without hunger or poverty.
The Director-General’s Medium Term Plan (Reviewed) 2022-25 and Programme of Work and Budget 2024-25.
The FAO Data Lab for Statistical Innovation modernizes the statistical business process, with a specific focus on emergency contexts, when having access to timely information is very important.
A world free from hunger and malnutrition where food and agriculture contributes to improving the living standards of all
FAO works with governments and partners to empower some of the world’s most marginalized people to end rural poverty.
FAO helps ensure food security by developing ways of growing food that will work in the future so that millions of people don’t go hungry.
Good health starts with nutrition. FAO sets global standards and works with governments and the private sector to ensure food quality and safety throughout the food chain.
FAO invests in educational systems for rural communities and supports improved access to primary education and school meals in order to create equal opportunities for all and chances of lifelong learning.
FAO supports gender equality in the agricultural sector in an effort to raise levels of nutrition in local communities and improve agricultural productivity.
FAO works with governments to ensure water use in agriculture is made more efficient, equitable and environmentally friendly.
FAO promotes the use of renewable energies and works to ensure access to modern energy services across the food chain.
FAO seeks better economic opportunities for all by investing in sustainable agricultural practices and food systems that reduce inequalities and create decent jobs.
FAO seeks to secure a future for rural communities via investments in transportation, irrigation, food storage facilities and communication technologies.
FAO works with countries and partners to generate employment in rural areas, ensure access to natural resources for the most vulnerable and connect farmers to markets.
FAO works to improve urban healthcare, water quality and rethink city region food systems to help deter the negative effects of sprawling urbanisation.
FAO coordinates major global initiatives and projects to tackle food waste and loss, partnering with international organisations, the private sector and civil society.
FAO supports countries in responding to the threats of climate change by providing advice, data and tools for better agricultural policies and practices.
FAO, in partnership with governments and fishing communities, implements best practices in fisheries to ensure our oceans are protected as a means of livelihoods.
FAO promotes sustainable approaches to natural resource management and supports endeavours that promote a balance between conservation and development initiatives.
FAO plays a critical role in peacebuilding, restoring rural livelihoods, building resilience and participatory approaches to policymaking.
FAO acts as a neutral policymaking forum and develops partnerships with all concerned with food and agriculture to ensure a world free from hunger.