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On locust watch
01/08/2025
How technology is making locust plagues increasingly predictable and preventable
The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is the most destructive transboundary pest. A swarm covering one square kilometre can contain around 40 million locusts and eat the same amount of food in one day as about 35 000 people.
©FAO/Sven Torfinn
Categories: Emergencies , Plant Production and Protection , Science and Innovation
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Making decisions differently for agrifood system transformation
22/07/2025
Using a systems approach is our best hope for solving the world’s interconnected challenges
FAO Blog
Innovative financing and Papua New Guinea come together to reduce forest emissions
07/07/2025
Papua New Guinea has become the first small island developing state to receive a REDD+ result-based payment from the Green Climate Fund for its efforts to halt deforestation.
Categories: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection , Forestry , Results-Based Payments
FAO Blog
Investments that dare to solve the crisis of food insecurity
30/06/2025
Negotiations at this year’s Financing for Development Conference are a generational opportunity to shift the course of agrifood system transformation.
Categories: AgriFood System Transformation , Financing for Development
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Saving the ocean without excluding people: when science, governance, and cooperation work together
24/06/2025
We can restore ocean health while sustaining aquatic food production and protecting livelihoods.
FAO Blog
Rethinking biotech in the age of innovation
15/06/2025
Biotechnology holds immense potential to enhance food production, improve nutrition, and build resilience.
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Beating plastic pollution in our food systems: FAO’s global action for World Environment Day 2025
04/06/2025
You don’t have to look far to see how plastic has worked its way into every corner of the agrifood system.
FAO Blog
We need to invest in the potato
30/05/2025
The global future of the potato is rarely discussed, but it deserves our attention.
FAO Blog
What the Bees Are Telling Us : In Protecting Pollinators, We Protect the Future of Food
20/05/2025
Bees are speaking to us — not with sound, but through their presence, their absence, and their steady disappearance.
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The Future of Livestock Antibiotics : Business as Usual Is Not an Option
16/05/2025
Antimicrobials are widely used in livestock production to manage disease and safeguard productivity.
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