Pope Francis meets FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva on World Food Day. 16 October 2017, Rome - Pope Francis called for governments around the world to collaborate to make migration a safer and voluntary choice, arguing that assuring food …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva addressing the G7 Agriculture Ministers meeting. 15 October 2017, Bergamo - At the G7 Agriculture Ministers Meeting today, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva stressed the role of agriculture and rural …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (centre) at the G7 Agriculture Ministers meeting. 14 October 2017, Bergamo - Access to reliable information, including on changing weather patterns and market conditions, is essential for empowering farmers, …
Sustainable forestry key to achieving food security for all. © FAO/Zinyange Auntony 13 October 2017, Rome - The week-long, 44th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) - Making a Difference in Food Security and Nutrition - endorsed new …
Cattle is by far the most susceptible livestock to Bovine TB. 12 October 2017, Guadalajara - The first-ever roadmap to combat animal tuberculosis (bovine TB) and its transmission to humans, referred to as zoonotic TB, most often through consumption of …
A farmer working at a FAO project to strengthen the resilience of small-scale coffee producers in Guatemala. 10 October 2017, Santiago, Chile –The total number of persons that suffer from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased, reversing …
Land tenure rights are vital to end hunger. In the five years since the Guidelines were endorsed, they have inspired policy and legal reforms in many countries. 10 October 2017, Rome - Considerable gains have been made in land tenure governance in the past …
Wildlife migration to one of the few remaining waterholes in the southeast of Senegal. 10 October 2017, Rome - A €45 million multi-partner programme launched today at FAO seeks to help African, Caribbean and Pacific countries halt unsustainable wildlife …
The CFS plenary opening session. 9 October 2017, Rome - Companies and consumers must step up their efforts to overhaul the world's food systems at a time when the twin spectres of hunger and obesity are both on the rise, FAO Director-General Jose …
With the right mix of investment and policies, rural areas can be lands of economic opportunity. 9 October 2017, Rome - Millions of young people in developing countries who are poised to enter the labour force in the coming decades need not flee rural …
Carrying fish home in Pantufo, Sao Tome and Principe. 06 October 2017, Valletta-All countries should join the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) to make sure the landmark treaty aimed at cracking down on illegal fishing succeeds in its aims of ridding …
Harvesting sunflowers in Pakistan. 5 October 2017, Rome - Global food prices rose slightly in September, as firmer prices of vegetable oils and to a lesser extent dairy products offset declining prices for staple cereal grains. The FAO Food Price Index …
A farmer in Yemen tends her herd of goats. The FAO-World Bank project also targets increasing the country's longer term agricultural resilience. 3 October 2017: Cairo/Rome - The World Bank and FAO have launched a $36 million project aimed at providing …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Vytenis Andriukaitis, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety. 29 September 2017, Rome - EU Commissioner of Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today …
A family taking care of their dogs in the Philippines. Dog-transmitted rabies accounts for nearly all human rabies cases. 28 September 2017, Geneva - World Rabies Day marks the announcement of the biggest global anti-rabies initiative, as the World Health …
Cattle vaccination in Turkey. Lumpy skin disease used to be confined to Africa only. In 2013, it emerged in Turkey and then spread through Eastern Europe. 26 September 2017, Rome – FAO has called for broader cattle vaccination to keep lumpy skin disease at …
A farmer and her cattle in Cambodia which is sharing with other countries its successful experience in dealing with AMR. New York, 21 September 2017 - A stronger global effort, including larger investments and improved surveillance measures, is required to …
FAO is helping returnee farmers in Northeast Nigeria. 21 September 2017, Rome-- Robust harvests in Latin America and rebounding agricultural conditions in Southern Africa are on course to improve the global food supply situation, but ongoing civil …
FAO provides unemployed rural youth with the necessary training and equipment to start their own farming or rural non-farm-based businesses. Young man in Ethiopia working on his vegetable plot. 20 September 2017, New York – Farming and rural non-farm-based …
Partnerships can help combat food waste. Cleaning up at the Kalimati Vegetable Market in Kathmandu, Nepal. 19 September 2017, New York - FAO is entering an innovative strategic partnership with Unilever aimed at helping countries in their efforts to reduce …
