A rice paddy in Bangladesh. Building the resilience of food systems today can help ensure global food security tomorrow. Joint FAO-WFP news release 25 July 2016, Rome - Leaders of two United Nations agencies fighting hunger worldwide have applauded new …
From left to right: Carlo Petrini founder of Slow Food, the FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva, the he Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi, the Minister of Agriculture Maurizio Martina and the FAO Chief of Cabinet Mario Lubetkin. 21 July 2016, …
Maasai pastoralists, who participate in a farmer field school, are selling animals at a local market in Narok, Kenya. Indigenous peoples have a key role to play in addressing climate change. 21 July 2016, Rome - Governments must do much more to provide …
The FAO-UNHCR handbook will help mitigate the impact of displaced people on forest resources. 21 July 2016, Rome - A FAO-UNHCR handbook offers a new tool for helping displaced people access fuel for cooking food while reducing environmental damage and …
Craftsmen at work in Kinshasa. 20 July 2016, Rome - When protecting forests, don't forget the trees. Forests have an acclaimed role as a carbon sink needed to tackle climate change. Less known is how their contribution can be scaled up even after a …
Larch trees in Mongolia's Altansumber forest. 19 July 2016, Rome - A new FAO report helps to fill a significant knowledge gap on the presence and extent of forests and trees in the world's drylands, where the food security and livelihoods of …
Agro-forestry farmers are tending to the crops in Kigoma, Tanzania. Forests are an integral part of the national agriculture policy with the aim of protecting arable land from erosion and increasing agricultural production. 18 July 2016, Rome - While …
A farmer field school in south Rwanda: the flood prone soil is treated with a technical called "mulching" to allow water retention and to prevent dispersion and erosion. 15 July 2015, Bonn - Laura Rance of Canada is the winner of the first IFAJ- …
Displaced civilians leave the UN Mission in South Sudan base in UN House, after seeking refuge at the base in the wake of recent clashes in Juba, 12 July 2016 16 July 2016, Rome/Juba - Millions of people facing hunger in South Sudan will be driven to the …
For the first time since 2006, the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in Cameroon, putting the number of countries in the region who have battled the virus at six. 13 July 2016, Rome - Countries across West and Central Africa are on alert as the highly …
Offloading tuna at Abidjan's main port. 11 July 2016, ROME-The Port State Measures Agreement "marks the dawn of a new era in the effort to combat illegal fishing" but rapid action is needed to make sure its implementation is effective, FAO …
From left: Chef Massimo Bottura, Minister Maurizio Martina, FAO Director-General José Graziano, Chef David Hertz. 08 July 2016, Rome-Every year around one-third of worldwide food production is wasted or lost around the globe, entailing the simultaneous …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Norway’s Ambassador to FAO, Inge Nordang, at the signature event today. 7 July 2016, Rome – FAO and Norway have agreed to continue an already fruitful cooperation in the strategic areas of fisheries, the …
Maize stored for livestock consumption near Rome, Italy. 7 July 2016, Rome- International food commodity prices shot up 4.2 percent in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years. The FAO Food Price Index, released today, averaged 163.4 …
Kenyan fishermen on Lake Victoria use special nets to conserve dwindling fish stock. 7 July 2016, ROME-Global per capita fish consumption has risen to above 20 kilograms a year for the first time, thanks to stronger aquaculture supply and firm demand, …
Farmers in Ethiopia. The Horn of Africa is one of the areas hardest hit by El Niño. 6 July 2016, Rome - Combined efforts to prevent further human suffering, strengthen resilience and safeguard livelihoods in the wake of El Niño's devastating effects …
Amina Juma weeds her rice field in Tanzania. 4 July 2016, Rome - The recent period of high agricultural commodity prices is most likely over, say the OECD and FAO in their latest 10-year Outlook. But the two organisations warn of the need to be vigilant as …
Small-scale family farmers and rural communities are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events. 30 June 2016, Rome - Urgent action by the international community and governments in the Dry Corridor of Central America is essential to help build resilience …
Seeds distribution in Doro refugee camp, in Maban, South Sudan. The conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people Joint FAO-UNICEF-WFP News Release 29 June 2016, Juba - Up to 4.8 million people in South Sudan - well over one-third of the …
Comprising 187 countries and the European Union, the Codex Alimentarius Commission meets annually to examine food safety and quality standards and other recommendations for food. The United Nations food standards body Codex Alimentarius Commission is …
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