FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva (r) addresses COAG prior to President Danilo Medina's (l) keynote address.29 September 2014, Rome - Policy makers should support a broad array of approaches to overhauling global food systems, making them …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva speaks at the Global Health Security Summit at the White House.26 September 2014, Washington, D.C. - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today stressed the need for controls on animal health to help curb …
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva speaking at the Delivering Zero Hunger – Demonstrating Impact, event at UN headquarters in New York25 September 2014, Rome/New York - Global peace and sustainable development cannot be achieved without ending …
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and José Graziano da Silva at today's event.25 September 2014, New York - Better management of the world's ocean resources is crucial to ensuring food global security, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva …
(Left to right): FAO Director-General with Queen Letizia of Spain and the country's Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Isabel García Tejerina. 24 September 2014, Rome/New York – Queen Letizia of Spain will join international efforts …
Children roasting maize over a fire in Juba, South Sudan23 September2014, Juba - The combined efforts of FAO, the United Nations World Food Programme and Mercy Corps have helped to pull 2 million people back from the brink of famine and severe food …
An FAO project in Kiroka, Tanzania, is helping rice farmers adopt climate-smart approaches.23 September 2014, New York - Overcoming climate change is central to achieving a sustainable future for the planet's growing population, and food security must …
Transported poultry undergoing a routine inspection by animal health authorities in Thailand: an example of good biosecurity practices.22 September 2014, Rome - A recently-emerged strain of avian influenza virus in poultry in Southeast Asia known as A(H5N6 …
A worker weeding in a nursery in Back Kan, Viet Nam16 September 2014, Rome - About 805 million people in the world, or one in nine, suffer from hunger, according to a new UN report released today. The State of Food Insecurity in the World (SOFI 2014) …
Women in South Sudan. 11 September 2014, Juba – Norway has donated approximately $10 million to help FAO provide conflict-affected farmers, fishers and herders in South Sudan with critical livelihood support. Norway’s gift will allow FAO to distribute …
As the result of two consecutive years of good harvests, global cereal inventories are expected to rise to their highest levels in 15 years.11 September 2014, Rome - FAO's monthly food price index registered another drop in August, continuing a 5-month …
FAO Director-General with India's Primer Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. 10 September 2014, New Delhi, India – The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, have agreed on how to strengthen efforts …
A farmer transplanting rice in India. 8 September 2014, New Delhi, India – Today FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) and made a Fellow of India's National …
Farmers in Trstenik are among the first to receive a delivery of animal feed.3 September 2014, Trstenik, Serbia - European Union assistance to flood-affected Serbian farm households got under way with a first delivery of animal feed here today. Financed by …
Herders in Iraq urgently need animal feed and veterinary supplies to sustain their flocks and protect them from transboundary animal diseases. 4 September 2014, Bagdad/Rome - FAO is scaling-up critical food and agriculture assistance to highly vulnerable …
Transporting seedlings to the Maldive Islands. SIDS are highly dependent on agricultural imports.3 September 2014, Apia, Samoa/Rome - Coping with climate change should be seen as more than just a question of survival for small island countries - the …
A boy redirects a camel at Hargeisa Livestock Market, a facility constructed by FAO with UK funding2 September 2014, Nairobi/Washington - The gradual recovery and gains made since the end of the famine in 2012 are being lost as poor rains, conflict, trade …
An empty street market in Monrovia's West Point district, 20 August 2014.2 September 2014, Rome - Disruptions in food trade and marketing in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have made food increasingly expensive and hard to come …
Grenada - A fisherman pulling in nets from the water1 September 2014, Apia - A renewed political commitment to tackle the many unique, sustainable development challenges facing the world's small island states, is expected to be the most important …
Sharing food29 August 2014, Bali – “Hunger leads to conflict and conflict exacerbates hunger,” FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said today at the 6th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The two-day (29-30 August …
