Veterinary vaccines protect humans as well as animals, says Director-General

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, spoke at the virtual launch of a new FAO-led publication entitled “Veterinary Vaccines: Principles and Applications”.
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Q&A on Pests and Pesticide Management

Last updated: 12 May 2021
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New FAO-led food security and nutrition report for Europe and Central Asia elaborates on the costs of a healthy diet

Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of moderate food insecurity – understood as irregular access to nutritious and sufficient food –, while also dealing with the widespread rapid growth of obesity, challenging its ability to achieve food security and improved nutrition, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.
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Q&A on Pests and Pesticide Management

Last updated: 12 May 2021
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Director-General hails FAO employees for their dedication and resilience amid pandemic

“It’s a way to build solidarity and get to know each other,” FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said to a virtual Town Hall audience of thousands of FAO employees who had logged in from homes and FAO offices in more than 130 countries.
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Southern Madagascar: Government and UN sound the alarm on famine risk, urge action

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Unlock and Unblock: twin track to boost food security in Africa

FAO Director-General urges measures to tackle agricultural underfunding
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FAO joins Morocco-led celebrations for the first UN International Day of Argania

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today marked the first UN International Day of Argania by participating in a high-level virtual event in Morocco that highlighted the importance of argan trees in preserving biodiversity and providing livelihoods.
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The UNSCN 2016-2020. Capturing the learnings from its final years

The complexity and magnitude of malnutrition in the world is daunting and far too great for any one United Nations agency or organization to tackle and solve alone. Since its conception in 1977 the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN) has served as a collaborating and harmonizing platform to advance the UN’s interagency work in nutrition.

This report aims to capture the final years of UNSCN ahead of its merger with the UN Network for Scaling up Nutrition (UNN) to form UN Nutrition in 2021. It strives to share lessons learned, trials overcome and harmonizing actions that have contributed to the positive UN system level momentum to tackle malnutrition at the global level to inform the work of UN Nutrition. 

The report was informed by a review of core UNSCN publications as well as the valuable insights gained during key informant interviews with members of the UNSCN family. This included past and present members, secretariat staff and collaborators.

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Science, technology and innovation are crucial to efforts aimed at transforming agri-food systems

"Harnessing science, technology and innovation is key for transforming our agri-food systems. Today's challenges remind us more than ever that to achieve the ambitious transformative changes required, we need to change policies, mindsets, behaviors and business models," said the Chief Scientist.
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FAO will implement a new Nutrition Strategy to ensure healthy diets for all

After an extensive consultative and iterative process over the last two years, the Vision and Strategy for FAO's Work in Nutrition (FAO’s Nutrition Strategy) was endorsed at the 166th Session of the FAO Council last week.
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Urgent and scaled-up action needed to reduce suffering in South Sudan

Urgent and scaled-up efforts to help those who produce South Sudan’s food can make a notable contribution to mitigating suffering in a country, where three out of every five people cannot meet their daily food needs, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at an OCHA briefing on South Sudan.
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