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Soil pollution comes under scrutiny

Soil pollution, due mostly to human activities that leave excess chemicals in soils used to grow food, took centre stage at the 5th Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Plenary Assembly held at FAO headquarters this week. Excess nitrogen and trace metals ...

Jun. 23, 2017

New satellite imaging to better forecast locust plagues

Information from satellites is being used in a new way to predict favourable conditions for Desert Locust swarms, as part of an early warning collaboration by scientists from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Desert Locust experts at the ...

Jun. 14, 2017

Soil management could make or break climate change response efforts

Warning of "colossal" negative impacts for the environment and human societies if the massive stores of carbon trapped in the Earth`s soils are released, Fijian president Jioji Konousi Konrote called for stronger management of this critical natural ...

Mar. 21, 2017

World’s future food security “in jeopardy” due to multiple challenges, report warns

Mankind`s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate, warns a new FAO report out today. Though very real and significant progress in ...

Feb. 22, 2017

Agriculture and food security at heart of climate change action

The world must rapidly move to scale up actions and ambitions on climate change FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva told delegates at the United Nations Climate Change conference (COP22) in Morocco today. Speaking at the high-level ...

Nov. 16, 2016

Agriculture has big role to play in curbing greenhouse gas emissions

The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture, including forestry, fisheries and livestock production, ...

Oct. 17, 2016

Transforming agriculture to address climate change and other global challenges

The agricultural sector must transform itself not only to achieve food and nutrition security for all, but also to help address global challenges such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance, FAO Director- General José Graziano da ...

Sep. 26, 2016

Partnership makes strides in promoting sustainable land management in Africa

Improved land management strategies and technologies being used across sub-Saharan Africa are helping protect the environment, boost agricultural productivity, strengthen livelihoods and enhance food security, according to a new study. The document ...

Jun. 17, 2016

New pesticide guidelines seek faster phase-out of risky toxins

FAO and WHO have released new guidelines aimed at reducing the damage done by pesticides that pose especially high toxic risks to human health and the environment. Products with high acute toxicity account for high numbers of immediate poisoning ...

May 10, 2016

El Niño set to have a devastating impact on southern Africa’s harvests and food security

Southern Africa is currently in the grip of an intense drought that has expanded and strengthened since the earliest stages of the 2015-2016 agricultural season, driven by one of the strongest El Niño events of the last 50 years. Across ...

Feb. 12, 2016

Resurgence in global wood production

Global production of all major wood products is showing its largest growth since the global economic downturn of 2008-2009, according to new data published by FAO today. In 2014, growth in wood products, including industrial roundwood, ...

Dec. 18, 2015

Google and FAO partner to make remote sensing data more efficient and accessible

Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to countries tackling climate change and much greater capacity to experts developing forest ...

Dec. 1, 2015

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) News

Soil pollution comes under scrutiny

New satellite imaging to better forecast locust plagues

Soil management could make or break climate change response efforts

World’s future food security “in jeopardy” due to multiple challenges, report warns

Agriculture and food security at heart of climate change action

Agriculture has big role to play in curbing greenhouse gas emissions

Transforming agriculture to address climate change and other global challenges

Partnership makes strides in promoting sustainable land management in Africa

New pesticide guidelines seek faster phase-out of risky toxins

El Niño set to have a devastating impact on southern Africa’s harvests and food security

Resurgence in global wood production

Google and FAO partner to make remote sensing data more efficient and accessible

FAO and WTO: Food safety and trade should improve nutrition and boost development

Eight countries to sharpen long-term climate change adaptation strategies

FAO Soil and Land Legacy Maps

Open-access database will help water-scarce countries get more crop per drop

Plastic pellets everywhere, and diving robot sensors

Boosting food security in cities through better markets, reduced food waste

World hunger falls to under 800 million, eradication is next goal

Genetic diversity a hidden tool in coping with climate change