Somalia: Mobile Money Transfers Give Somali Farmers a One-Up On the Climate

Cash+ helps farmers in Somalia through the lean season Read more »

Africa: Donors Must Double Investments to Stamp Out Hunger

New research by FAO, ZEF, IFPRI, IISD and Cornell University models the costs for achieving 2030 food security goals Read more »

Africa: FAO, IDAD and WFP Pledge to Strengthen Collaboration Against Hunger

Rome-based UN agencies'governing bodies focus on joint programmes, COVID-19 response and UN Food Systems Summit 2021 Read more »

Africa: Prices of Several Staples Up to Multi-Month Highs

FAO Food Price Index rises 2.1 percent in September, while new forecasts for global cereal output, utilization, stocks and trade all point to well-supplied markets Read more »

North Africa: Ministers From Near East and North Africa Commit to Strengthen Collaboration On Food and Agriculture

Ministerial declaration adopted by FAO Regional Conference endorses FAO's COVID-19 Response and Recovery Programme and Hand-in-Hand Initiative to help transform food systems Read more »

Africa: Food Is Much More Than What Is On Our Plates

What it really means to love and respect our food Read more »

Africa: FAO Report On Food and Agriculture Indicators Underscores Lack of Progress in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

FAO is rolling out innovative data tools to help countries track progress as COVID-19 pandemic poses new monitoring challenges Read more »

Madagascar: A Higher-Yield Rice Variety Moves Madagascar Further On the Path to Self-Sufficiency

How South-South Cooperation helps ensure food security for family farmers Read more »

Southern Africa: Locust Outbreaks Threaten Food Security in Southern Africa

Immediate action can prevent disaster in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Read more »

South Sudan: Returning to South Sudan to Help Build a Better Future for Her Country

Having once fled civil war, #RealLifeHero and returnee Ritah Alfred is working for FAO to support livelihoods for her fellow citizens Read more »

Africa: Global Food Prices Rise in July

Vegetable oils and dairy products drive up FAO Food Price Index while meat and rice prices decline Read more »

West Africa: What Covid-19 Movement Restrictions Mean for Nomadic Pastoralists in the Sahel

Better land governance could be a solution to challenges pastoralists face Read more »

Africa: COVID-19: Our hungriest and most vulnerable communities face "a crisis within a crisis"

Dominique Burgeon, Director of FAO's Emergency and Resilience Division, explains the particular challenges   COVID-19   poses in vulnerable communities already coping… Read more »

Africa: Keeping global food chains alive is crucial amid COVID-19 crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting enormous strains on the public health systems around the world, and millions of people in the world's most advanced economies are in some form of… Read more »

Africa: FAO Scales Up Fight Against Fall Armyworm

New Global Action Initiative will help curb the rapid spread of the invasive pest Read more »

Africa: FAO Director-General Introduces Innovation Agenda to Council

Member states meet to approve plans to better cater for the needs of vulnerable people Read more »

Africa: FAO Launches 2020 As the UN's International Year of Plant Health

Plants make up 80 percent of our food but are under constant and increasing threat from pests and diseases Read more »

Africa: Putting Mediterranean and Other Traditional Diets Back On the Consumer's Plate

Traditional healthy diets and dietary diversity should be protected and promoted to advance our efforts towards sustainable development Read more »

Africa: New Global Atlas On Using Advanced Technology to Monitor Fishing Activity

Fishing vessels with Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) increasing by 10 to 30 percent each year Read more »

Africa: FAO and Danone Team Up to Foster Sustainable Diets and Food Systems

Partnership to scale up sustainable food and agricultural practices and provide people with access to more diverse and healthier foods Read more »

Africa: A Major Step Forward in Reducing Food Loss and Waste Is Critical to Achieve the SDGs

A new FAO report launched today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization provides insights into how much food is lost - as well as where and why - at different stages of the… Read more »

Africa: FAO Food Price Index Holds Steady

Vegetable oils and meat quotations rise in September while those for dairy and sugar slip Read more »

Burundi: Activist From Burundi Receives Top Forestry Award

Collaborative Partnership on Forests honours Leonidas Nzigiyimpa for his outstanding contribution to improving forests and the lives of local communities Read more »

Africa: The Food Industry Needs to Do More to Support Heathy Foods

FAO's Director-General calls on food industry to transform production and supply and value chains Read more »

Africa: FAO Report Cites 41 Countries Needing External Assistance for Food

Dry weather and protracted conflicts are primary drivers Read more »