Interviews
European Union provides €12 million in support of global food security, UN reports
The European Union, FAO and its Rome-based UN partner agencies, with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP), signed a €12 million deal that will...
As progress in eliminating hunger stalls, 820 million people remain malnourished warns FAO
Due to the increasing levels of global hunger, the goal of ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030 has become more challenging. In collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United...
Agricultural innovation key to solving food security challenges, urges FAO
At a recent Symposium, Director-General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), urged that rapid advances in agricultural innovation that support family farmers and address climate change are essential...
10-year Climate Smart Agriculture Implementation Framework launched in Kenya
The Government of Kenya, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched the Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture...
Approximately 821 million people in 2017 suffered from hunger, according to new report
During a high-level briefing on food security at the UN, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Jose Graziano da Silva noted that the international community is failing to end...
UN report warns Asia-Pacific is falling behind Zero Hunger targets, as millions remain malnourished
According to a recent United Nations report, hundreds of millions of children and adults in Asia are undernourished in large cities due to the lack of sustainable, nutrition-sensitive and inclusive urban...
Female farmers encounter gender discrimination in Guatemala
The majority of female farmers encounter many forms of discrimination that undermine their ability to serve as food providers for their homes. Women play a significant role in small-scale farming and they...
World Food Day – 16 October 2018
Today is World Food Day and the 73rd anniversary of the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation. As one of the most celebrated days in the UN’s calendar, events organised by FAO country...
International Day of Rural Women – 15 October, 2018
Today marks the UN’s International Day of Rural Women, a day first observed in 2008 to recognize the role of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development,...
Weather and conflict limit Syria’s agricultural production, perpetuating food insecurity
A recent report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) shows the troubling effects that severe weather and prolonged conflict have had on Syria and the country’s agricultural...
More support needed to ease humanitarian crisis and rebuild lives in north-east Nigeria
After a two day visit to the region, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Achim Steiner and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock call for national and international partners to increase...
Additional one million children at risk of famine in Yemen, report shows
Any disruption to food and fuel supplies that comes through Hodeidah port could cause starvation on an unprecedented scale, warns Save the Children. The risk of famine comes as food and fuel prices continue...
