Tag: FAO

The number of people experiencing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food, nutrition, and livelihood assistance increased for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC). The report said that over a quarter of a billion people face acute hunger, and people in seven countries are on the brink of starvation.

Empowering women and ensuring gender equality in agrifood systems reduces hunger, boosts the economy, and reinforces resilience to shocks like climate change and COVID-19 pandemic, according to new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Mountain tourism, if managed sustainably, will boost the incomes of local communities and help preserve their natural resources and culture but a lack of data and knowledge on the subject is preventing them from fully seizing such opportunities.

Almost half of the world’s population live in households linked to agrifood systems,with the largest population found in Asia, according to a...

Billions of people in the world cannot afford a healthy diet even as Latin America and the Caribbean has the highest cost...

The world is going hungry every day and everyone is much concerned, which prompted leaders of five international humanitarian, banking and trade...

Despite government's worldwide are investing in school health and nutrition, which has a positive effect on children’s academic outcomes, one-third of schools...

With 55 percent of the Asia- Pacific region’s enormous population expected to live in urban areas by 2030, the region will face...

The intake of calorie per person consumed globally, increased by a full nine per cent on average in 2021 to 2,960 per...

As the world struggles to nourish its burgeoning population, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve without broader socioeconomic and environmental...