Famine relief blocked by bullets, red tape and lack of funding, warn FAO and WFP as acute food insecurity reaches new highs

Efforts to fight a global surge in acute food insecurity are being stymied in several countries by fighting and blockades that cut off life-saving aid to families on the brink of famine, warn the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) in a new report issued today.
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$127 million from World Bank to shore up food security and rural livelihoods in Yemen

Currently, 16.2 million Yemenis face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 and above) according to the latest Integrated Food Security Classification analysis. This includes approximately 47,000 people experiencing catastrophic (IPC Phase 5) levels of food insecurity -famine like conditions.
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FAO Director-General and world leaders outline pathways to end hunger

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today told world leaders and other participants in the Pre-Summit to the UN Food Systems Summit that there was an acute need for renewed global efforts to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, as envisaged under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As he urged increased funding, Qu also called for greater efficiency, as well as a sustained push for “scientific innovation and digital technologies”.
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FAO Director-General reiterates call for more investment in rural areas and actions to end hunger and poverty

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today reiterated his call for more investment in rural areas and actions to end hunger and poverty at the Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit.
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FAO Director-General: World faces historic task to turn the tide on ending hunger, poverty and achieving the other SDGs

"Our agri-food systems are not delivering properly, and in many parts of the world these systems were not efficient, inclusive and sustainable," Qu said, noting that the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the situation.
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FAO Director-General in visit to small-scale agricultural producers in southern Italy highlights sustainability best practices

The visit followed the Director-General's participation in the G20 Environment Ministers' meeting in Naples on Thursday where he stressed how the need to meet a growing demand for food and other agricultural products, must be achieved whilst reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving biodiversity, sustainably managing natural resources, and protecting and restoring ecosystems.
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FAO Director-General tells G20: to have healthy food, we need a healthy environment

Reversing biodiversity loss and land degradation can reap $1.4 trillion per year
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FAO and Italy inaugurate renovated FAO building

Ceremony marks strengthened partnership and reopening of the compound
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FAO and the Republic of Korea join forces to reduce foodborne antimicrobial resistance

The Arrangement focuses on food safety and standard setting, and contains a Contribution Arrangement which will help to simplify the implementation of individual projects.
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FAO Director-General: The future of food belongs to the young people of today

"There is one concept that cannot be overlooked when it comes to the future state of food, agriculture and the path to achieve Zero Hunger for all: the future of food belongs to the young people of today!" stressed the Director-General. "It is therefore our responsibility to join forces and ensure that the youth inherit a world where affordable, nutritious food is available for everyone, everywhere."
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FAO and Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences take partnership to the next level

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), setting out a path for their continued cooperation in the field of tropical agricultural science and technology.
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Increasing legality and transparency in the timber trade

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched a new online portal providing information on forest-related laws around the world to help promote legal forest management, timber production and trade, and contribute to efforts to make forest resource use sustainable.
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