Aid
27 countries heading for COVID-19-driven food crises
No world region is immune, from Afghanistan and Bangladesh in Asia, to Haiti, Venezuela and Central America, to Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria in […]
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Biodiversity
Locust attack threatens food security in Pakistan, South Asia
Muhammad Akbar Notezai; Atika Rehman As FAO warns of major blow to food supply, farmers say locusts are already gobbling up their crops and […]
Aid
Mastercard Foundation joins FAO to fight Desert Locusts in East Africa
A $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation has been made to FAO for fighting the Desert Locust menace in East Africa that can destroy […]
Sustainable Business
COVID-19 can disrupt world food supply
A joint statement by QU Dongyu, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Roberto Azevedo, Directors-General of FAO, WHO and WTO warn of an impending food crisis […]
Aid
43 million people face acute hunger: FAO
Acute food insecurity hotspots need urgent attention, with FAO estimating 900 million dollars are required urgently for supporting livelihoods While global attention has focused […]
Aid
EU provides €40 million for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific
The initiative will work with 10 value chains in 10 different countries, aiming to maximise economic returns and social benefits, while minimising the detrimental […]
Data & Reports
The world is off-track on food and agriculture SDG Goals
In the first report of its kind, FAO analysed, in a visual way, major global trends and data from up to 234 countries and […]
Data & Reports
Urgent action needed to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis
International organizations unite on critical recommendations to combat drug-resistant infections and prevent staggering number of deaths each year UN, international agencies and experts released […]
Aid
Acute hunger affecting over 100 million people worldwide
113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world’s most severe food crises in 2018 A report by […]
Data & Reports
New UN report reveals that hunger in Africa continues to rise
Hunger in Africa continues to rise after many years of decline, threatening the continent's hunger eradication efforts to meet the Malabo Goals 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for...
Data & Reports
Conflicts and climatic shocks aggravate current food insecurity in many countries
Some 39 countries in need of food assistance – FAO expects slightly lower global cereal production Persistent conflicts and climate-related shocks are currently driving […]
Biodiversity
Aquaculture is source of 53 % of all global fish consumption
Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled […]
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