A man beating a bush with a stick to show desert locusts swarming near Fada, Chad. FAO toolbox shows how prevention, early warning and preparedness can help control desert locust and other transboundary threats. 1 February 2017, Rome - Food availability …
Farmers in the Horn of Africa need urgent support to recover from consecutive lost harvests and to keep their livestock healthy and productive. 29 January 2017, Addis Ababa - With as little as one-quarter of expected rainfall received, widespread drought …
Saiga ecology expert Steffen Zuther examines a dying female animal after 2015 die-off in Kazakhstan. 27 January 2017, Rome/Paris-The international pledge to eradicate a devastating livestock disease affecting mostly sheep and goats has taken on new urgency …
Some countries are developing laws on food donations and ways to minimize food losses and waste. 25 January 2017, Dominican Republic - Latin America and the Caribbean could be the first developing region to completely eradicate hunger if its governments …
Farming in Noto, Japan, one of the earliest Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. 24 January 2017, Rome-FAO today hosted a high-level delegation from Japan in a bid to bolster both sides of a strong relationship between the UN agency …
Canadian Agriculture Minister MacAuley meets with FAO Director-General Graziano da Silva in Berlin. 23 January 2017, Rome-Canada today announced it will contribute an additional $1 million to international bodies that develop the standards for food safety …
The ubiquitous cellphone can connect farmers to a range of information and tools. 22 January 2017, Berlin - In an era in which challenges like climate change and natural resource scarcity are making agriculture ever more knowledge-intensive, family farmers …
Millions of family farmers in developing countries already suffer from lack of access to freshwater. 20 January 2017, Berlin - Growing water scarcity is now one of the leading challenges for sustainable development, and that challenge is poised to …
Countries should promote the sustainable production of fresh, safe and nutritious foods. 19 January 2017, Santiago, Chile - Obesity and overweight are on the rise throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and are particularly prevalent among women and …
In California, wastewater is sanitized and blended with groundwater, supporting large-scale crop production. 19 January 2017, Berlin/Rome - With food demand and water scarcity on the uptick, it's time to stop treating wastewater like garbage and …
A herder leads his sheep alongside FAO’s cash-for-work project on the main Al Jazeera irrigation canal in Ninewa Governorate, Iraq, on December 4, 2016. The project, supported by Belgium, will resupply water for agricultural production in newly liberated …
A village in Ethiopia weathers the drought. 17 January 2016, Rome-New drought across swathes of southern Ethiopia may jeopardize the East African nation's restoration of food security after the worst agricultural seasons in decades unless urgent …
Farmers beat rice to release grains near the village of Kamangu, Democratic Republic of Congo. 12 January 2016, Rome -Prices of major food commodities declined for the fifth year in a row in 2016, averaging 161.6 points for the year as a whole, some 1.5 …
The resilience of Yemen's farmers and herders, especially women, needs to be boosted. 9 January 2017, Rome/Sanaa - With 14 million people food insecure in strife-torn Yemen, the European Union (EU) has committed 12 million euros in support of FAO's …
Participants are clearing the main canal of the northern Al Jazeera irrigation scheme of dirt, stones and debris, which will allow it to again feed small canals throughout the farming landscape. 22 December 2016, Erbil, Iraq - Some 200 000 people from …
Fresh fruits at a stall in a Barcelona market. 20 December 2016, Rome - Governments from 167 countries have given unprecedented recognition to the need to protect biodiversity across the agricultural sectors as a key action to achieve sustainable …
Farmers in the Horn of Africa need urgent support to recover from consecutive lost harvests and to keep their breeding livestock healthy and productive at a time that pastures are the driest in years. 20 December 2016, Rome -- Countries in the Horn of …
Women in Pakistan build their knowledge and skills at an FAO-supported rural livelihoods school. 16 December 2016, Rome - Achieving gender equality and empowering women is not only the right thing to do but is a critical ingredient in the fight against …
Colombia President Santos and FAO Director-General Graziano da Silva. 15 December 2016, Rome-Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia and winner of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, outlined a vision for his country's future after a 50-year civil war, …
A worker building a house out of Oriented Strand Board (OSB). Growth in global wood production was mainly driven by a recovering housing market and an increased demand for biofuels. 14 December 2016, Rome - Global production of all major wood products grew …
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