Food and Agriculture Organization Press Releases

• Published on May 16, 2024 - 10:21 GMT

  

  Director-General calls for tighter collaboration with civil society to tackle discrimination and inequalities

  Rome – Working closely with civil society is critical to support rural people’s rights, promote equality and tackle discrimination, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said at the Civil7 (C7) International Summit. The event took place at FAO headquarters in …

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• Published on May 15, 2024 - 10:58 GMT

  

  Eight actions we can all take to save water

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• Published on May 15, 2024 - 10:58 GMT

  

  How FAO and World Bank are helping to fight climate change in Afghanistan

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• Published on May 15, 2024 - 10:58 GMT

  

  Why protecting plant health is not optional

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• Published on May 14, 2024 - 18:57 GMT

  

  34th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe and Central Asia opens with focus on bolstering resilience of agrifood ...

  Rome –  While countries in Europe and Central Asia are grappling with conflict and environmental challenges, they are well positioned to pursue the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems and have already taken steps towards achieving many of the …

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• Published on May 14, 2024 - 14:20 GMT

  

  FAO puts focus on importance of technology for International Day of Plant Health

  Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is marking this year’s International Day of Plant Health by shining a light on the importance of leveraging innovation to protect plants, which are indispensable for sustaining life …

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• Published on May 14, 2024 - 13:01 GMT

  

  The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security

  JUST RELEASED The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2023 Avoiding and reducing losses through investment in resilience Building on previous work of the FAO on this topic, this report estimates losses caused by disasters on agricultural …

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• Published on May 14, 2024 - 13:01 GMT

  

  Director-General receives the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Food Industry of Moldova

  Rome - The FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and His Excellency Vladimir Bolea, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova, met at FAO headquarters in Rome ahead of the Regional Conference for Europe and …

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• Published on May 13, 2024 - 16:57 GMT

  

  Director-General sets out several reasons for enhanced and coordinated work to protect plant health at IDPH event

  Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today called for stepped up efforts to protect plant health, underlining that “safeguarding the health of plants means that we are safeguarding the health of the planet.” Qu was speaking at an event to mark the …

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• Published on May 13, 2024 - 12:14 GMT

  

  A human booster for digital innovation in Tajikistan

  Khudoidod Rasulov, a farmer and information technologist at heart, has been the voice and community mobiliser for FAO’s Digital Villages Initiative in Lolazor, Tajikistan. © Maruf Ashurov 13/05/2024 Khudoidod Rasulov’s vocation as a teacher and his …

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• Published on May 13, 2024 - 11:30 GMT

  

  FAO Regional Conference for Europe

  Change of venue: The Thirty-fourth Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) will be hosted by the Republic of Moldova from 14 to 17 May 2024 at the FAO headquarters (Rome). The Republic of Moldova will host the Thirty-fourth Session of the …

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• Published on May 13, 2024 - 11:30 GMT

  

  Four ways you can support the conservation and sustainable use of wild plants

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• Published on May 10, 2024 - 18:59 GMT

  

  How science, technology and innovation can help transform our agrifood systems

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• Published on May 10, 2024 - 18:59 GMT

  

  Find out 6 reasons why we should protect our forests

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• Published on May 10, 2024 - 13:52 GMT

  

  FAO’s environment and climate monitoring portal Earth Map receives Google impact award

  Rome- Earth Map, a pioneering initiative by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) that leverages freely available archives of geospatial data for climate and environment monitoring and mapping has been honoured with a Google Geo …

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• Published on May 10, 2024 - 12:27 GMT

  

  Get ready to celebrate the International Day of Plant Health!

  Healthy plants constitute the foundation for all life on Earth, as well as ecosystem functions, food security and nutrition. Plant health is key to the sustainable development of agriculture required to feed a growing global population by 2050. As FAO has …

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• Published on May 10, 2024 - 12:27 GMT

  

  QU Dongyu emphasizes the important role of young people in agrifood system transformation

  Ithaca, New York - FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu visited Cornell University and its food and agriculture research hub, Cornell AgriTech – a place where science, innovation and agrifood system transformation meets. Qu was introduced to the Cornell College …

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• Published on May 9, 2024 - 13:45 GMT

  

  Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation

  FAO’s role in science, technology and innovation FAO contributes to strengthening the link between science, research and development and does contribute to science (for example, through its work on data) and develops innovations (for example, institutional …

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• Published on May 8, 2024 - 10:15 GMT

  

  Nurturing the nature island’s sea moss industry

  The Gracilaria sea moss species in Dominica has traditionally been farmed to make drinks, gels and other products. As it is a slow-growing variety, however, it has caused production challenges for its farmers. FAO introduced the Eucheuma cottonii species …

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• Published on May 7, 2024 - 23:46 GMT

  

  Celebrating camelids around the world

  Hundreds of activities and events are being organized worldwide to promote the International Year of Camelids. Click on the map below to find an activity or event near you.  Whether you’re an NGO, journalist, government, city, civil society or research and …

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