$11.2 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to aid control and recovery efforts

Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of FAO, talks about how agri-food systems are part of the solution to the climate crisis ahead of COP26

UN appeals for urgent assistance as country becomes one of the world’s largest food crises

EMPRES-i+ aims to improve intelligence, forecasting and early warning, enabling countries to monitor disease spread and risk of new outbreaks 

This was the main message conveyed by FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, at the fifth informal joint meeting of the governing bodies of the three RBAs (FAO Council, IFAD Executive Board and WFP Executive Board)

FAO Director-General opens Oct. 20-22 Global Symposium on Salt-Affected Soils

FAO Director-General addresses Finance in Common summit in Rome, strengthens ties with Italy’s CDP.

Pope Francis joins other leaders with messages for global event paying tribute to Food Heroes

Global tea and coffee experts came together today to explore and celebrate the cultural, social, and economic importance of the world’s two most popular beverages including their role in making agri-food systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable.

World Economic Forum founder Karl Schwab delivers keynote address at FAO-hosted World Food Day celebrations.

Brussels Dialogue - “From reaction to prevention: anticipatory action against food crises” – highlights efficiency and cost-effectiveness of anticipatory action

FAO Director General QU Dongyu at Virtual High-Level Segment (HLS) of the 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference “Ecological Civilization-Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth”

Agri-food systems transformation is urgently needed to get back on track towards the goal of eradicating hunger and malnutrition, the 49th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) heard today.

FAO has been supporting the role of parliamentarians in the fight against hunger and malnutrition for many years. 

Transformed and inclusive agri-food systems are needed to end hunger around the world and drive responses to other global challenge such as the climate crisis, FAO Director-General told global private-sector leaders on Friday at the Business 20 summit.

World cereal production is expected to lag behind global consumption despite hitting an all-time high.

FAO Director-General addresses high-level forum organized by the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Agriculture

Experts from FAO, John Hopkins University and GAIN seek rigorous metrics system in piece published by the Food Policy Journal 

Youth send out message on food as a basic right at first World Food Forum

FAO Director-General spoke at the launch of the WMO-led report “2021 State of Climate Services: Water”