Strong harvests should lead food prices lower. A shopper picks fruit in a Barcelona market. 1 July 2015, Paris - Strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual decline in real prices for …
FAO's Director-General at the 5th Global Review of Aid For Trade. 1 July 2015, Geneva - Global trade can play an important role in improving food security and nutrition and in fighting poverty and hunger while the use of science-based public standards …
FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva and Sergei Mikhailov, CEO of TASS News Agency, at the signature ceremony in Moscow. 24 June 2015, Moscow - The Russian news agency TASS and FAO have agreed to work together to raise public awareness on issues …
The three research agencies together employ over 10,000 scientists in more than 100 institutes across Italy. 23 June 2015, Rome - FAO is joining forces with three of Italy's main research institutions in the fields of food, environment and technology …
Mountains are critical for the valleys below. Farmers relax in Afghanistan's Bamyan Valley. 22 June 2015, Rome - Mountain soils are the fragile foundations of ecosystems that ultimately provide water for more than half the world's population. A new …
A Kenyan farmer uses courtyard silos to store seeds. Better storage facilities for agricultural produce will lead to higher farm incomes. 22 June, 2015, Utrecht - FAO and the Dutch Rabobank Foundation will scale up their collaboration after two years of …
The earthquakes have disrupted farming activities in Nepal, threatening the livelihoods of rural families. 19 June 2015, Kathmandu - Some $20 million is urgently needed to support farmers in earthquake-hit Nepal resume agricultural activities and stave off …
Pope Francis' new encyclical titled "Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home", is displayed during the presentation news conference at the Vatican. Graziano da Silva said in a statement: "The Pope adds a strong moral …
A front-runner in the race to end hunger, the region still struggles with malnutrition Multiple trends are shaping the nutrition map for Europe and Central Asia, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s first-ever report on food insecurity …
Beneficiary of an FAO water management project in India checks a groundwater monitoring station. 18 June 2015, Rome - Global warming will have profound consequences on where and how food is produced, and also lead to a reduction in the nutritional …
Aid workers loading a plane with survival kits for distribution in South Sudan. 16 June 2015, Juba - United Nations agencies and Non-governmental Organizations in South Sudan have undertaken an emergency airlift operation to deliver survival kits, …
Farmers going to work in the fields of Jalal-Abad Oblast, Kyrgyzstan, in the early morning. Some 80 percent of the world's food is produced by family farms. 16 June 2015, Rome - Recognizing the contributions of family farmers to food security and …
Child labour on family farms should be addressed in an appropriate and context-sensitive way that respects local values and family circumstances. 15 June 2015, Rome - A new guide by FAO aims to help ensure anti-child labour measures are included in …
Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, and FAO's Director-General listen to President Juan Manuel Santos delivering his remarks. 13 June 2015, Rome - Empowering family farmers, establishing safety nets to help those most in need escape poverty traps, …
Closing ceremony of the 39th FAO Conference. 13 June 2015, Rome - FAO's governing Conference today closed a week-long session during which Members, in record attendance, approved the agency's biennial programme of work and budget and sent a strong …
Queen Letizia of Spain is named Special Ambassador by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. 12 June 2015, Rome - Queen Letizia of Spain has been named FAO Special Ambassador for Nutrition in a ceremony here today. The appointment was made in …
Pope Francis with Conference delegates during today's audience. 11 June 2015, Rome/Vatican City - The international community must respond to the moral imperative of ensuring access to basic foods as "a right of all people," Pope Francis told …
The Mediterranean diet’s focus on vegetable oil, cereals, vegetables and pulses, and moderate intake of fish and meat, has long been associated with long and healthy living. 11 June 2015, Milan - The Mediterranean region is undergoing a "nutrition …
Shopping on the streets of Cairo. The winners of the FAO awards announced today have all advanced the cause of food security in diverse ways. 10 June 2015, Rome - The African Union Commission (AUC), Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, …
