Desert locust movements in Northwest Africa raise concern amid spring breeding season.
Stories & Blogs FAOApr 29, 2025(News )FAO calls to enhance monitoring and initiate early control measures in affected countries
Gastronomy Tourism takes center stage in the Agenda for Africa
Stories & Blogs UN TourismApr 25, 2025(News )The 2nd UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Africa reinforced the region’s growing commitment to make gastronomy tourism a key driver in social and economic development.
World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
Stories & Blogs UNApr 23, 2025(UN Story )At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries.
Innovation lays the path to prosperity: Transforming farming in Burundi through FAO Farmer Field Schools
Stories & Blogs FAOOct 10, 2024(Story )Amidst the rolling hills of Burundi’s Gitega Province, Jacqueline Hakizimana, 42, looks out over the land she once struggled against.
Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss
Stories & Blogs UNJun 17, 2024(Story )Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss, according to Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Stop ‘vandalising’ Earth and help the planet thrive, UN chief urges
Stories & Blogs UNJun 16, 2024(News )As nearly 40 per cent of land across the planet is degraded with more acres lost every second, governments, businesses and communities must galvanize action to reverse the damage and protect Earth, the UN chief said
FAO urges more cooperation in banana sector, significant for some least developed and low-income food-deficit countries and smallholder farmers
Stories & Blogs FAOMar 12, 2024(Story )Th World Banana Forum Conference discusses challenges such as the climate crisis, fertilizer and transportation costs and the TR4 disease
Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .
Joint Communiqué by Fourth Trilateral Meeting of African Union, European Union and United Nations
Stories & Blogs UNSep 18, 2023(Communiqué )The three organizations expressed full solidarity with the people and authorities of Libya and Morocco, recently struck by natural disasters.
A liveable future for all is possible, if we take urgent climate action: flagship UN report
Stories & Blogs UNMar 20, 2023(Story )A major UN “report of reports” from outlines the many options that can be taken now, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change.