The Latest Breaking News from FAO

"Both aquaculture and fisheries have environmental and climate impacts — and they overlap more than you'd think"

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever

Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite the cost of grains continuing to ease, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization said Friday.

Without online remittances, soaring prices and cereal production cut, Sudan is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster.

A UN roadmap to reform the world’s food systems – which account for a third of carbon emissions – has been criticised by experts who say it lacks transparency and fails to properly address the crucial need to reduce meat consumption.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the entire population of Gaza is experiencing 'severe levels of acute food insecurity', as the UN food agency has declared famine is imminent in the enclave, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid to people starving in the territory.

Academic experts also criticise UN Food and Agriculture Organization for dismissing alternative proteins

Rural households led by women lose about 8% more income to heat stress than male-led families, data shows

The UN, which has warned of "almost inevitable" widespread starvation in northern Gaza, uses strict criteria to declare a famine.