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The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called for greater funding for agriculture to ensure there’s available and accessible food in crisis situations, noting that conflict “remains the single greatest driver of hunger.” FAO

Inaugurating the thirty-third session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe on Tuesday (10 May), the FAO’s Director-General Qu Dongyu said the war in Ukraine “is causing enormous human suffering and leaving production value chains and supply chains destroyed,” adding that the effects of war “are being felt across the global agrifood systems.” FAO

African countries have committed to raise their ambitions and accelerate their actions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending poverty and hunger, at the conclusion of the 32nd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa, held 11 to 14 April in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. FAO

The war in Ukraine will impact consumers worldwide as the resulting increases in the price of food, energy, and fertilizers put the next global harvests at risk, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, warned. FAO

FAO’s 37th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean region ended on Friday in Quito, Ecuador, underscoring the importance of sustainable agrifood systems, prosperous and inclusive rural societies, and sustainable and resilient agriculture. FAO

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) reiterated deep concern on Friday at the increasing number of civilian casualties in Ukraine following the Russian invasion on 24 February, before issuing a reminder to Moscow that any targeting of non-combatants “may amount to war crimes.” UNTV CH

Ministers and high-level delegates from across Asia and the Pacific met Thursday with a focus on improving nutrition, lives and livelihoods in the wake of the global pandemic, while taking aim at ongoing climate and severe weather-related threats, and tackling diseases and pests that are affecting crops and livestock in the world’s most populous region. Improved ecosystem responses in the Pacific Islands is another key topic. FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed Tuesday with the government of Maldives a Country Programming Framework (CPF) that it’s aimed at supporting the country’s efforts to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and build back better, increasing resilience to further shocks and addressing development needs. FAO

“2021 has been a productive year for FAO,” Qu Dongyu, the FAO’s Director-General said in his New Year’s message, listing numerous projects and activities the UN Agency undertook in 2021 to support “the transformation of our agrifood systems, to make them more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable.” FAO

Rome’s traditional Christmas tree lights up to call on global efforts to build a more sustainable world. The official ceremony to inaugurate the 25 meter high fir on Piazza Venezia in Rome’s historic city centre took place on Wednesday (8 Dec), as the Italian capital in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched the initiative “Christmas in Rome – Let’s give the gift of a sustainable city”. FAO