Africa: The World Is Off-Track to Meet Most Food and Agriculture-Related Sustainable Development Goals

The world is off track to meet most of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets linked to hunger, food security and nutrition, according to a FAO report released today. Read more »

Africa: Global Food Import Bill Set to Decline Amid Abundant Supplies

FAO's Food Outlook points to new globally-relevant emerging patterns of trade, animal disease and crop production Read more »

Africa: FAO Food Price Index Declines in November

Globally traded food commodity prices declined in November, led by marked drops for palm oil and other vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations said today. Read more »

Africa: The Vatican Joins FAO to Denounce Labour Abuses in Fishing Industry

Illegal and inhumane practices in the world's fishing sector must be stamped out and replaced with sustainable ones to support the livelihoods of one of every 10 people on the… Read more »

Africa: #StopSoilPollution: 6 Reasons Why Soil Pollution Should Not Go Unnoticed

Soil is a finite resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human lifespan. Soils affect the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe, our… Read more »

Africa: FAO Highlights Importance of Food Security for the Upcoming WTO Conference

Global trade agreements, harmonized food safety standards and measures that benefit rather than harm poor family farmers in the developing world should be key objectives in the… Read more »

Africa: Giving New Life to Degraded Lands in Small Island Developing States

An FAO partnership with Google is helping collect and analyse land degradation data Read more »