Remote sensing satellite imagery will help to identify areas where water use produces poor crops

In developing countries the agriculture sector bears much of the economic impact

FAO and Milan to support the work of 116 cities that have signed on to a new urban food pact aimed at fighting hunger and waste, improving nutrition

FAO and WHO release updated guidelines for countries on pesticide legislation and labelling

FAO issues guidelines on conservation and use of world’s genetic resources for food and agriculture

Data crucial for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change

Improving nutrition, shifting to sustainable food systems will be key to reaching new global goals – FAO DG at celebration of agency’s birth in Quebec City

Strict vigilance required in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and Yemen

2016 will promote protein power, health benefits of dried legumes

Concerns over sugar and palm oil supply are behind the increase, grain prices also firmed

Updated and revised FAO guidelines set international standard on collecting data

Small-scale producers in developing countries must access world markets says WTO's Azevêdo

Campaign aims to improve food security and diets of most vulnerable

FAO Director-General emphasizes importance of an agreement at Paris summit

FAO/CIHEAM partnership focuses on food security, nutrition, and resilience

3.9 million people now face severe hunger, tens of thousands on brink of famine

Partnership will focus on enhancing traceability systems

Ebola, MERS-CoV and H5N1 avian influenza among diseases with human health implications and pandemic potential being targeted in Africa, Middle East and Asia

Global ceremony at Milan Expo calls for social protection, fairer food systems

Social protection programs and growing agricultural productivity key to ending poverty traps