FAO's Director-General with the Minister of Agriculture of Equatorial Guinea, Alfredo Mitogo Mitogo.25 June 2014, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea– The FAO-managed Africa Solidarity Trust Fund today gave a green light to four new, continent-spanning projects …
Over 1 million people so far have fled their homes and farms since January.25 June 2014, Rome – Iraq is facing serious food security concerns following the recent escalation of conflict in a large swath of the country, FAO warned today. Over 1 million …
FAO’s Sue Lautze has this account of the human cost of the crisis, which has left tens of thousands displaced and scores facing serious food insecurity. Reference: FITW0029 6min. 03sec. Topic(s): Emergencies/Crises, Food Security, Interview
National policies rarely fully recognize the vital role of forests in providing local communities with food, energy and shelter.23 June 2014 Rome - Countries should put more policy emphasis on maintaining and enhancing the vital contributions of forests to …
In Turkey, a farmer adjusts an irrigation sprinkler system.18 June 2014, Marseille/Rome - The World Water Council (WWC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in a bid to …
MDG Goals Award Ceremony. (Left to Right) Chen Xiaohua, Vice Minister of Agriculture of China, Carlos Furche, Minister for Agriculture of Chile, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and Aziz Akhannouch, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of …
One aim of the ICN2 conference is to provide the scientific basis for sound nutrition policies that promote food security and food safety while also promoting health.12 June 2014, Rome - As hundreds of millions of people around the world continue to suffer …
Boats in Madras harbor, India.11 June 2014, Rome – Countries took a major step forward in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing today as they endorsed a set of international guidelines that will hold states more accountable …
Malian fishermen working on the Niger River.10 June 2014, Rome - Countries today endorsed a set of wide-reaching guidelines that will boost the already vital role of small-scale fishers in contributing to global food security, nutrition and poverty …
Small-scale fisheries are the source of employment for more than 90 percent of the world's capture fishers and fish workers.9 June 2014, Rome - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva opened a meeting of the world's only inter-governmental …
The EAF-Nansen project works with 32 coastal countries in Africa to help them obtain detailed information on their marine resources9 June 2014, Rome – Norway is to build one of the most advanced research vessels in the world as part of an ongoing project …
Cereal prices are down and forecasts for production have been revised upward.5 June 2014, Rome - The FAO Food Price Index was down for the second consecutive month in May, continuing its retreat from the 10-month high it experienced in March. Prices fell …
FAO’s first airdrop in partnership with WFP will allow 250 households to produce over 200 tons of crops including maize, sorghum, cowpea and sesame.05 June 2014, Juba, South Sudan - FAO is scaling up its emergency response operations in South Sudan despite …
In Kiroka, Tanzania, a farmer participating in an FAO climate-smart agriculture project examines his rice crop.6 June 2014, Rome - Shifting world agriculture to a "climate-smart" approach will not only help prevent future food security crises but …
Women raising seedlings in a tree nursery at the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbator India.3 June 2014, Rome - FAO today urged countries to improve data gathering and research to promote the conservation and sustainable management of …
Somalis need support in a wide range of activities, from cropping to livestock breeding and fisheries.2 June 2014, Mogadishu/Rome - Late rains and erratic weather patterns in Somalia have raised concerns over a worsening of the food security situation, as …
Yak herders in Qinghai Province, China.30 May 2014, Rome - Hundreds of millions of people around the world rely on grasslands to feed the livestock which are the foundation of their livelihoods. Yet poor land management has left large swathes of the world…
EXPO Milano 2015 and the ICN2 nutrition conference will focus on global food and nutrition.29 May 2014, Milan -Next year's EXPO Milano 2015, with its food security-oriented theme, and an international nutrition conference coming up in Rome in November, …
The Indian Ocean is home to about 36 percent of the world’s deep-sea cartilaginous species, including the frilled shark.28 May 2014, Rome - Fishers will have an easier job of identifying deep-sea sharks thanks to a new series of FAO guides designed to …
A farmer milking a cow in Jalal-Abad Oblast, Kyrgyzstan.25 May 2014, Rome/Paris – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) today pledged to step up their existing collaboration to …
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