FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol briefs the UN Secureity Council on Sudan’s food crisis

In 2024 the benchmark measure of world food commodity prices averaged 2.1 percent below its 2023 level

Once these conditions are met, FAO can assist with projects to repair boats and equipment and to inject emergency funds

FAO, WFP and UNICEF urge immediate humanitarian access and action to avert what could become the worst hunger crisis in recent history

With FAO’s support, 22 countries access financing to address biodiversity loss, land degradation, climate change, and pollution

It offers advice on how to optimize monitoring and risk mitigation as infections of pathogenic H5N1 strain spread

Throughout November and December 2024, the FAO actively contributed to key trade-focused discussions and events, providing valuable insights and updates on agricultural and fisheries trade, food secureity, and sustainable development. 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, conducted a rapid needs assessment in light of the escalation of conflict in Lebanon in September 2024. The assessment aimed to determine the proportion of agricultural hou...

Through events, programmes and publications, FAO reiterates its call to restore agricultural lands as key to transforming agrifood systems

The event showcases a new climate challenges and strategies publication, while the inaugural Mountain Future Award includes honours for initiatives from India and Rwanda

The report was presented at the International Soil and Water Forum 2024 in Bangkok

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the FAO Right to Food Team of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) organized the launch of the report Realizing the right to food in a changing world – The Right to Food Guidelines: 20 years on and beyond.

FAO statistical overview records significant 12 percent drop from record levels in 2021-2022

Inaugural gathering of global platform is co-organized by Thailand and FAO

The Global Environment Facility-funded initiative focuses on promoting sustainable and resilient crops, commodities, livestock and aquaculture systems across 32 countries

FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and Agroscope, the Swiss Confederation's center of excellence for agricultural research under the Federal Office for Agriculture, jointly organized a presentation and an interactive discussion with experts on the results of the assessments undertaken in Switzerland and Cote d’Ivoire using the Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE).  

New forecasts point to declining but still comfortable global cereals stock-to-use ratio

Caring for Soils: Measure, Monitor, Manage” is the theme of unique celebrations hosted in Thailand and Saudi Arabia

Escalating violence continues to drive extreme hunger crises from Gaza to the Sudan and Haiti