First of 2 parts
ROME, Italy—Approximately 1.7 billion people live in areas where crop yields are falling because of human-induced land degradation—a pervasive and silent...
Lush, green and brimming with trees and wildlife, forests are the Earth’s lungs and source of livelihoods for many communities.
Nearly 500 million hectares (ha)–equivalent...
The Philippines affirmed its commitment to sustainable food development by presenting a $108.88 million agrifood investment portfolio at the 2025 Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum.
The forum...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are strengthening their decades-long partnership to transform agrifood...
A representative from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called on Philippine policymakers to promote more diversified and healthier food systems, warning the...
Department of Economy, Planning and Development Secretary Arsenio Balisacan (right) meets with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) country representative Lionel Dabbadie on June 11,...
ROME—The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of AQUASTAT, the leading source of global water and...
ROME—World coffee prices reached a multi-year high in 2024—increasing 38.8 percent on the previous year’s average—mostly driven by inclement weather affecting key producing countries,...
Conclusion
Pests are just one of the problems faced by Ugandan coffee farmer John Kagwa Tujjunge. Spraying pesticides on them is not only costly but...
“Without the farmers, it is only political policy without implementation”―that was the stark message delivered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Director-General...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. meets Dr. Qu Dongyu, director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy on Oct. 15,...
