Global Forest Resource Assessment: Tropical forests the size of Europe lost in first 20 years of this century
Deforestation slowed by 30% in 2010-18; cropland, oil palm plantation and grazing biggest drivers of deforestation
African countries join hands to transform livelihoods
An Africa-led financial mechanism started in 2013 has achieved remarkable results by assisting African nations to address critical agricultural …
Leveraging flexible investment instruments for impact
Flexible investment in the right balance can cut costs and create synergies for SDGs
'Achieving zero hunger requires agriculture to be sustainable, climate smart'
FAO India representative Tomio Shichiri talks to Down To Earth on whether current government policies are effective to achieve the Zero Hunger …
13 new agricultural heritage landscapes designated by FAO
The new sites are in China, Japan, Egypt, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Sri Lanka
FAO charts action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance in food and agriculture
The FAO Action Plan is timely and draws attention towards the terrestrial, aquatic animal and agriculture sectors
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Why water is important in the AMR debate
Access to safe water is one of the prerequisites for maintaining sound health and environment in a community and is also a responsibility of …
India in danger zone as locusts breed 400 times than usual
Attacks by desert locusts are threatening India, Iran and Pakistan, as well as the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region
Nobel Laureates pitch in for a hunger-and-violence-free world
Four Nobel Laureates will advise the FAO on ways to strengthen the link between peace and food security to promote sustainable development
The world needs to feed 9 bln by 2050 and digitisation can help
Food and Agriculture Organization report favours information and communication technologies to improve farmers' access to timely data
Peru’s small-scale farmers need help to recover from damage triggered by coastal El Niño
About 7,000 farmers need help to restore their capacity to produce food, FAO states
Reducing food waste vital for India's food security
It is estimated that saving one-fourth of the food currently lost or wasted globally would be enough to feed 870 million hungry people in the world
300 million sub-Saharan Africans could go hungry due to Fall Armyworm
A pest that feeds on sorghum, millet and maize will cause severe destruction to crops if left unchecked, warns the Food and Agriculture Organization
Reaping benefits of integrated farming in Zambia
A woman farmer in Chongwe district of Zambia lifted herself out of poverty through integrated and diversified farming
Urgent funds required to help 385,000 people in Nigeria
Three consecutive planting seasons have been lost due to conflicts in northeastern part of the country
Project to turn Olympic food waste into meals for poor
At present, several initiatives are being planned to combat the trend of food wastage. One such initiative is the “Reffetto-Rio” project
State of the World’s Forests 2022: 10% of total forest area on Earth lost in 30 years
It stated that annual global consumption of natural resources is likely to increase to 190 billion tonnes in 2060 from 92 billion tonnes in 2017
Every 6th person under water stress: FAO
The annual amount of available freshwater resources per person had declined by more than 20 per cent in the past two decades, UN body says
Climate change to make pests hungrier, cause more crop loss
Warmer climate will increase the metabolic rate of insects making them devour more crops
Your food might be growing in contaminated soil
Soil pollution poses a major risk to human health by impairing plant metabolism and making crops unsafe for consumption
Revegetation on Loess Plateau putting pressure on water resources
Expansion of vegetation cover in areas marked by limited water availability creates “conflicting demands for water between the ecosystem …
Drones help farmers in the Philippines tackle climate disasters
About 25 FAO and government technical experts will be deployed across the archipelago to support the mission
UNCCD COP14: Droughts most disastrous for agriculture
They cost agriculture $29 billion in a decade, according to a white paper released at the conference
India has not done much to address antimicrobial resistance: Global report
A survey by FAO, OIE and WHO has found wide discrepancies in countries’ efforts toward tackling AMR
New global benchmark for famine declarations
The ‘Famine Likely’ classification will be applicable in locations with insufficient evidence, but where available information …
