All countries in North Africa and the Near East suffer from severe water scarcity, raising significant challenges for agriculture that are expected to be compounded by climate change. 27 November 2015, Rome -- The Netherlands and FAO are expanding their …
An FAO micro-garden project in Dakar, Senegal. 26 November 2015, Rome - The Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, promulgated earlier this year at the 2015 World Expo, offers a unique international platform to make city food systems more equitable and sustainable, …
A parched field in Kenya. Drought is especially devastating to sub-Saharan agriculture. 26 November 2015, Rome - Droughts, floods, storms and other disasters triggered by climate change have risen in frequency and severity over the last three decades, …
Agriculture extension agents applying pesticide to a field in Afghanistan. 25 November 2015, Rome - Some thirty years to the day after FAO first launched its International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, the UN food agency is …
A scientist at an FAO-sponsored facility in India culls seeds from a variety of wheat. 24 November 2015, Rome - In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, FAO has released new guidelines to assist countries in better conserving …
The web-based tool helps countries to improve the assessment of forest carbon stocks, necessary for mitigation of climate change. 19 November 2015, Rome - An updated version of the online tree assessment tool known as GlobAllomeTree will now allow …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva receives the motion of the Quebec National Assembly to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the founding of FAO from Quebec Prime Minister Philippe Couillard. 14 November 2015, Quebec City - Ensuring better …
Locusts can devastate crops and pastures. 11 November 2015, Rome - Unusually heavy and widespread rains that fell recently in northwest Africa, the Horn of Africa and Yemen could favour Desert Locust breeding, FAO warned today, stressing that close …
Pulses are an affordable alternative to more expensive animal-based protein, which makes them ideal for enhancing diets in poorer parts of the world. 10 November 2015, Rome – Pulses, including all kinds of dried beans and peas, are a cheap, delicious and …
Women sitting on sacks of rice and maize in Wajir, Kenya. 5 November 2015, Rome - Major food commodity prices rose in October, spurred by weather-driven concerns about sugar and palm oil supplies. The FAO Food Price Index averaged nearly 162 points in …
Harvesting rice in Vietnam. Censuses also involve collecting data on land use and irrigation. 3 November 2015, Rome - A new global round of country-driven agricultural censuses is set to begin in 2016, a large-scale, data collection process that will …
A citrus packing house in Morocco. One are of FAO's work with the WTO is on food safety standards. 2 November 2015, Rome - FAO and the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed today to strengthen their cooperation to promote international food trade and …
Close-up of a keyhole garden in Morija, Maseru District, Lesotho. 27 October 2015, Leribe, Lesotho - Ask 90-year-old Rammitsane Matela how climate conditions have changed over the years for the farmers in the fields of rural Lesotho and he does not need to …
FAO Director-General and Cardinal Turkson, president of the Pontificial Council for Justice and Peace and one of the Vatican’s leading experts on the encyclical. 26 October 2015, Rome – Hunger eradication and sustainable development will not be achieved if …
An Algerian farmer with his sheep. 23 October 2015, Rome - The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a new strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the …
Since the war in South Sudan started nearly two years ago, it is the first time that an IPC analysis has found any parts of the population in phase five (“catastrophe”) on the five-point IPC scale. 22 October 2015, Juba – Three UN agencies today warned …
Dave Crean, Vice President, Corporate Research and Development, at Mars, and Ren Wang, Assistant Director-General of FAO’s Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, at a signing ceremony at FAO headquarters. 20 October 2015, Rome - FAO and Mars …
Nigerian veterinarians incinerate chicken carcasses following post mortem examinations on birds suspected of having Avian Influenza. 20 October 2015, Rome - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is backing FAO's efforts to …
Investments in agricultural development, rural infrastructure and social protection are important for breaking systemic cycles of rural poverty. 16 October 2015, Milan – Feeding the world’s growing population requires targeted investments to unleash the …
Celebrating World Food Day: WFP Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, Slovenian President Borut Pahor, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, his wife Yoo Soon-taek, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, IFAD …
