World Food Day 2018 – multimedia resources and key messages
11/10/2018
Overview: theme and key messages
The World Food Day 2018 (WFD) - marked each year on 16 October - highlights the need to step up efforts to end hunger as, globally, chronic hunger and ...
Erratic weather and prolonged conflict take toll on Syria’s agricultural output
09/10/2018
Seeds for farmers, sustained humanitarian assistance needed to consolidate food security gains
Visiting Coldiretti’s farmers market to highlight the importance of family farming for Zero Hunger and healthy diets
06/10/2018
FAO Director-General and IFAD President visit market fair in Rome
Boosting farm productivity in Africa through the sustainable use of machines
05/10/2018
New African Union-FAO framework also aims to create new jobs while reducing reliance on manual labor
FAO Food Price Index down in September amid robust supplies
04/10/2018
Drought hits sugarcane while forecasts for maize, rice and wheat outputs are raised
Healthier diets will help curb the spread of non-communicable diseases
27/09/2018
Rethink food systems to improve access to quality food, says FAO Deputy-Director General Maria Helena Semedo
Gender gaps in African agriculture are holding back progress
27/09/2018
African Union and FAO call for greater support to rural women as agents of change to end hunger
Supporting family farmers is key for providing healthier diets, preserving the environment and creating rural prosperity
27/09/2018
The UN Decade of Family Farming will assist achievement of the SDGs, says FAO Director-General
FAO focus on breaking the cycle between conflict and hunger
26/09/2018
Director-General calls for building resilient livelihoods as the path to sustainable peace
FAO calls for effort to enable family farmers as private investors
26/09/2018
Pioneering partnerships needed for the Sustainable Development Agenda
More regional trade in agricultural products can lift Africa's economies
26/09/2018
Surging demand for food should be tapped as an engine for agro-industrialization across the continent, says FAO Director-General
EU and FAO scale up efforts to boost resilience to food crises
25/09/2018
EU contributes €70 million to strengthen global partnership against hunger
Global push to stamp out hunger hinges on better data
25/09/2018
Major new initiative aims to help low-income countries improve collection of agricultural data
UNGA Mandela Peace Summit: Where conflicts arise, hunger increases says DG FAO
24/09/2018
Graça Machel joins FAO Nobel Peace Laureates Alliance
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FAO happy to contribute early-warning expertise to new platform
23/09/2018
Measuring resilience, using artificial intelligence can flank ground action to fight famine/hunger
Peace is key to rid the world of hunger
21/09/2018
FAO’s Director-General notes that agriculture and food security are also key to peace
Conflicts and climatic shocks aggravate current food insecurity in many countries
20/09/2018
Some 39 countries in need of food assistance - FAO expects slightly lower global cereal production
United Nations agencies launch environmental protection and resilience project for host communities and refugees in Bangladesh
18/09/2018
18 September 2018, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - Families living in the world's largest refugee camp this week received the first 2,500 stoves and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders that are part of a United Nations project to protect the environment and build resilience for peo...
As climate change reshapes agriculture, international trade will be increasingly important to feeding the world
17/09/2018
Open, predictable and fair global food markets can help strengthen climate change response efforts and contribute to fighting hunger, says new report