Tag: FAO
Global Renewable Water Per Person Drops 7% in Decade
FAO's 2025 AQUASTAT report reveals 7% drop in renewable water per person over past decade. Northern Africa and Western Asia face extreme pressure amid rising demands.
FAO Unveils First Global Emergency and Resilience Appeal 2026 to Combat...
FAO launches $2.5B Global Emergency Appeal targeting 100M people in 54 countries. Prioritizes farm aid, resilience to fight tripled food insecurity since 2016
Millions at Risk: UN Warns of Deepening Hunger Crisis
A recent joint report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) reveals that acute food...
Food Heroes 2025: Inspiring Change for Sustainable, Equitable Food Systems Globally
Every day, countless individuals across the globe are transforming local food systems by implementing innovative, sustainable practices. These...
Space Technology: A Game Changer for Agriculture and Food Security
Thousands of new satellites orbiting Earth offer groundbreaking tools to strengthen agrifood systems. A recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization...
Hunger Crisis Deepens in the Arab Region
Hunger in the Arab region worsened in 2023, with 66.1 million people—14% of the population—facing hunger, according to a new United Nations...
Global Trade in Wood and Paper Products Sees Significant Decline in...
Global trade in wood and paper products plummeted by 12 percent in 2023. This came after a record-high trade in 2021 and...
FAO’s Salt-Affected Soil Assessment Highlights Growing Threats to Food Security
Nearly 1.4 billion hectares of land—more than 10 percent of the global land area—are currently affected by salinity, said the Food and...
Climate Change Threatens Global Fisheries
Under the high-emissions scenario, many regions worldwide are expected to experience declines exceeding 10 percent in exploitable fish biomass by mid-century, said...
Stable outlook for most food commodity markets in 2024/25
The FAO Food Outlook 2024/25 forecasts stable global food supplies, but warns of risks like extreme weather and geopolitical tensions impacting prices and food security.
