The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched today by the Global Network Against Food Crises has found.
The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched today by the Global Network Against Food Crises has found.
The number of people facing acute food insecurity and needing urgent life and livelihood-saving assistance has hit a five-year high in 2020 in countries beset by food crises, an annual report launched today by the Global Network Against Food Crises has found.
The 166th Session of the FAO Council ended today with its Members praising the Organization’s main actions and initiatives to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and to foster sustainable development, as well as supporting the proposed documents to guide the Organization’s work over the next years.
The platform provides a space to hear from partners on concrete ways to accelerate the achievement of shared goals and common approaches towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming an increasing threat to global health, food safety and security, potentially also leading to substantial socio-economic damage, and to turn this around, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today called for coherent, swift and decisive action.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming an increasing threat to global health, food safety and security, potentially also leading to substantial socio-economic damage, and to turn this around, the FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, today called for coherent, swift and decisive action.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) have formalized their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The One Health approach recognises the strong links between humans, animals and the environment. AMR - one of the greatest global threats to animal, human and environmental health, livelihoods, food safety and global food security - occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and develop resistance to medicines. The impact is devastating.
A group of 15 international organizations working on forestry today issued a joint statement
Addressing the 166th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, particularly to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first flagship publication “The Global Forest Goals Report 2021” produced by the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs was launched.
