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

FAO Director-General urges measures to tackle agricultural underfunding
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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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International food prices continue rising in April

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 120.9 points in April, 1.7 percent higher than March and 30.8 percent higher than its level in the same month last year. The index reached its highest level since 2014, and in nominal terms is 12 percent below its all-time peak in February 2011.
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A high-tech response is helping countries win battle against Desert Locusts

The Desert Locust is a formidable enemy and in the past year, waves of the insect swept East Africa, Yemen and southwest Asia. FAO, with partners and donors, developed high-tech tools that revolutionised locust surveillance and treatment, helping affected countries to effectively control them.
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EU and FAO call for the transformation of agri-food systems

The European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed to increase joint efforts to transform agri-food systems, in order to make them more inclusive, efficient, resilient and sustainable.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises

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.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises

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.
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Acute food insecurity soars to five-year high warns Global Report on Food Crises

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.
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FAO Council ends successfully and paves the way for the first virtual Conference in history

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.
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FAO and WFP launch global consultation to help alleviate hunger and transform agri-food systems

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).
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