News Archive | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Climate finance is key to making agrifood systems more resilient, efficient, sustainable and inclusive

19/01/2023

FAO event at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin highlights that agriculture and land use received only 26 percent of the global climate finance flows to all sectors

UN Report: 131 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean cannot access a healthy diet

18/01/2023

The region has the highest cost for a healthy diet compared to the rest of the world

Urgent action needed as acute malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of vulnerable children

12/01/2023

FAO and UN partners highlight five priorities for reducing child wasting in worst-hit countries

Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models

12/01/2023

FAO Director-General addresses Food Systems National Conveners in targeting follow-up actions to the UN Food Systems Summit

FAO’s support for Pakistan: from immediate response to resilience building

09/01/2023

FAO Director-General addresses United Nations conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan

World food prices dip in December

06/01/2023

FAO Food Price Index ends 2022 lower than a year earlier.

Ukraine: EU-FAO partnership to ensure recovery and development of agricultural value chains

04/01/2023

A $15.5 million EU-funded project reprogrammed to respond to disruptions to the agricultural sector caused by war

FAO at COP15: What comes now?

23/12/2022

Adoption of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework will increase demand for FAO’s expertise.

Urban greenery helps avert multiple crises for dryland cities, FAO report shows

21/12/2022

Trees offer a cost-effective and efficient tool to address the challenges of population growth

Somalia: FAO calls for fully funded, at-scale and sustained life-saving and livelihoods support to pull people from the brink of famine

20/12/2022

Alongside this, large-scale investments in resilience and rural livelihoods are urgently needed to break the hunger cycle

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu meeting with Odile Renaud-Basso, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), FAO headquarters (Iraq room).

FAO and EBRD mark 25 years of cooperation with $5.5 million initiative to help face the global grain crisis

19/12/2022

Rome - With the launch of a new technical assistance package for several Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) marked on Monday 25 ye...

Ukraine: New UN survey shows rural households are increasingly affected by the war

14/12/2022

Nationwide assessment reveals that more than one in four respondents reported having reduced or ceased agricultural production

Yemen: FAO welcomes an additional $150 million multi-agency contribution from the World Bank to strengthen resilience and address growing food insecurity

13/12/2022

Increased support for the joint Yemen Food Security Response and Resilience Project as acute food insecurity intensifies

FAO’s Statistical Yearbook for 2022 goes live

12/12/2022

All-in-one tool allows for comprehensive assessment of trends in the world’s agrifood systems

International Mountain Day 2022: FAO aims spotlight on gender equality

09/12/2022

Study on women working in mountains in eight countries offers scope for change

Rome's traditional Christmas tree lights up with sustainability

08/12/2022

Under the " Leave no one behind" theme, FAO invites Rome's citizens and visitors to create an inclusive and sustainable community over the festive period