"FOOD PRODUCTION"

Press Conference by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Chief Economist, Maximo Torero, on FAO’s latest Food Price Index.

Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the departure of the first ship from the Ukrainian port of Odesa to leave carrying grain under the landmark deal signed by Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye, overseen by the UN. UNIFEED

New deal to resume grain exports through Ukrainian ports ‘beacon of hope’ for easing global food crisis, United Nations political affairs chief tells Security Council.

The UN Secretary-General will travel to Istanbul, Türkiye, on Thursday night as part of his efforts to ensure full global access to Ukraine’s food products and Russian food and fertilizer, a UN spokesperson informed. UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Scaling up climate resilience across food systems is among the actions needed to counter rising hunger and malnutrition, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid said at a special meeting to address the global food crisis.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN Secretary-General told reporters that the negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye and UN officials were “a critical step forward to ensuring the safe and secure export of Ukrainian food products through the Black Sea.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the media on Ukraine, following talks in Istanbul.

With the increasing risk of famine in the Horn of Africa due to severe and prolonged drought conditions, urgent life-saving and livelihood assistance is needed to avert a humanitarian catastrophe, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO