Tanzania: A farmer and her son in the family rice plot.27 October 2014, Rome – How can governments, farmers' organizations and the private sector seize current global momentum and galvanize concrete action in support of family farmers beyond 2014? This …
The first of the platform's online moderated discussion fora covers losses occurring along maize supply chains.24 October 2014, Rome - Attempts to reduce food losses and waste, which account for one third of food produced for human consumption, have …
The second Nutrition Dialogue leading up to ICN2 was hosted by the BRICS countries. 23 October 2014, Rome - "Hidden hunger" featured prominently at a BRICS- (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) led public discussion on nutrition held at …
Recent successes show that problems related to desertification and land degradation are not insurmountable.22 October 2014, Brussels/Rome - The European Union (EU) and FAO in collaboration with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) have …
Chris Johns, Chief Content Officer, National Geographic Society and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva sign the partnership agreement.17 October 2014, Rome - The National Geographic Society and FAO today agreed to work together to provide …
Address by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. World Food Day Ceremony, FAO headquarters (Plenary Hall).October 16 2014, Rome - While substantial progress has been made in the fight against hunger in recent years, more than 800 million people …
Family members harvest onions on their land in Dear Alla, Jordan16 October 2014, Rome -Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially …
Aerial view of smallholdings around Tigray, Ethiopia. New principles say that outside investors must respect workers' rights and contribute to food security15 October 2014, Rome -- Governments from around the world have approved a landmark set of …
Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang (l) and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (r).15 October 2014, Rome - China has announced a $50 million donation to FAO to support the Organization's program of "South-South cooperation" to improve food …
Healthy nutrition will be the focus point of the upcoming ICN2. 15 October, Rome - Nancy Stetson, US Special Representative for Global Food Security, stressed the importance of partnerships at a US-led Dialogue on Nutrition held at FAO, Oct. 14. The event …
The new Thomson Reuters/FAO global food security news platform aims to fill the information gap on food and hunger issues. 15 October 2014, Rome - The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the corporate charity of the world's biggest news and information …
Opening of the the 41st session of the Committee on World Food Security13 October 2014, Rome - The Committee on World Food Security, the world's foremost inclusive intergovernmental and multi-stakeholder platform for food security and nutrition, today …
Malnutrition places a heavy burden on families and communties.12 October 2014, Rome - Reaching an important milestone in the fight against global malnutrition, countries today agreed on policies aimed at ensuring that people around the world have access to …
FAO Director-General addresses the CSM meeting11 October 2014, Rome - Civil society plays a crucial role helping building consensus, giving a voice to the hungry, representing society’s diversity and being a part of international decision-making processes, …
With the help of Open Foris tools Tanzania completed their first national forest inventories earlier this year.10 October 2014, Rome - FAO has launched free software tools that it hopes will improve the way many developing nations monitor the state of …
Global wheat production in 2014 is projected to reach a new record.9 October 2014, Rome - Food markets are more stable and prices for most agricultural commodities are sharply lower than they have been in recent years, according to the latest edition of …
A sign warning of the dangers of ebola outside a government hospital in Freetown on August 13, 2014. 8 October 2014, Rome/Dakar – FAO today launched a new programme to urgently assist 90 000 vulnerable households in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone whose …
Ministers gather at FAO to discuss commodity markets6 October 2014, Rome - Governments ought to review the way international agricultural commodity markets are governed, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told ministers from around the world …
Locust spraying during control operations2 October 2014, Rome - A locust plague that spread across Madagascar threatening the main staple food crops and pasture in the country has been successfully contained, however, progress is under threat due to a gap …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (fourth from right) participated in the informal meeting of European Union agriculture ministers in Milan30 September, 2014, Milan - European governments must help combat hunger and malnutrition on a global level …
