Cattle rest at a temporary camp near Rumbek. 31 December 2014 –As South Sudan’s livestock owners have fled the ongoing conflict, millions of animals have been displaced, leading to fresh outbreaks of disease and rising tensions between pastoral groups and …
The challenges of feeding a growing world population while making agriculture stayed high on the international agenda in 2014. Family farming and nutrition in the spotlight 2014 was the International Year of Family Farming, and throughout the year FAO …
A banana plant affected by Fusarium wilt disease among a field of healthy plants in the Philippines 23 December 2014, Rome - FAO and its partners say that a global effort is needed to prevent the rapid spread of the deadly Fusarium wilt disease in bananas, …
A fishing trawler damaged by the tsunami under repairs at the Kudewella boat repair center with assistance from FAO, Kudewella, Sri Lanka. 22 December 2014, Bangkok/Rome - Ten years after the world's worst natural disaster in living memory roared …
Farm workers in Mozambique carrying harvested maize back to their village for processing. Rome, 19 December 2014 - Cereal-based farming systems must join the transition to sustainable agriculture if they are to meet unprecedented demand for maize, rice …
Global wood-based panel production surged to a new record high in 2013. Manufacturing of plywood - one of the types of wood-based panels - in Hainan province, China. 18 December 2014, Rome - Global production of all major wood products continued to show …
A woman drying rice over a fire in Sierra Leone one of the three worst-hit countries by the Ebola epidemic. 17 December 2014, Rome - The number of people facing food insecurity due to the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone could top one …
Afghan children play in the water below a FAO-backed dam. 16 December 2014, Rome - FAO's Investment Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary of work devoted to improving public and private investment in developing and transition countries. The Centre …
A Vietnamese expert working with rice farmers in Ghana as part of an FAO South-South project. 15 December 2014, Rome/Marrakesh - Horizontal cooperation between countries of the global South is increasingly important to meeting the sustainable development …
Simisu Sakola works in her cornfield in Swaziland. Southern Africa has had a strong maize harvest in 2014. 11 December 2014, Rome - Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in …
In Ecuador, a female farmer brings in the harvest. 10 December 10 2014, Santiago, Chile - Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved 92 percent progress toward the the World Food Summit goal of halving the total number of people suffering hunger and …
Water sampling in an oil palm plantation in the Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Through the Global Bioenergy Partnership, FAO is helping countries to better assess the possible risks and benefits of bioenergy. In this interview, Michela Morese of FAO…
A laboratory technician tests soil soils samples at Tanzania's Sokoine University of Agriculture 4 December 2014, Rome - Healthy soils are critical for global food production, but we are not paying enough attention to this important "silent ally,…
Dairy prices declined in November, due in part to slower imports to the Russian Federation. Workers in Fidenza, Italy, prepare milk in vats to make parmesan cheese. 4 December 2014, Rome - FAO's monthly food price index was stable in November, as …
A Sierra Leone farmer bundling harvested rice to be threshed. 2 December 2014, Rome/Accra - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic, will each receive $500 000 to help curb the potentially devastating impact of the …
Increasing livestock production is one way of bolstering resilience of vulnerable households in crisis situations 2 December 2014, Rome – Belgium has donated €5.8 million to support FAO activities that help protect agriculture-based livelihoods for food …
A woman selling vegetables in the Gambia, one of the countries honored by FAO for progress in fighting hunger. 30 November 2014, Rome - Thirteen countries today won recognition from FAO for outstanding progress in fighting hunger, an achievement which …
Rural development and youth employment are strongly connected to migration. 28 November 2014, Rome – If countries of the Mediterranean want to stem the tide on forced migration and human suffering, they must put agricultural, food and rural development at …
A Tanzanian farmer weeding her paddy 27 November 2014, Rome/Manila - Officials and representatives from family farmers' international networks, cooperatives, the private sector, academia and UN agencies, today marked the formal closure of the …
InfoRM will help FAO target interventions to build resilience in communities before disaster strikes. 27 November 2014, Rome - Each year millions of people dependant on agriculture, forestry and fisheries are confronted by droughts, floods, plant pests or …
