Following the detection of the Ebola-Reston virus in pigs in the Philippines, FAO, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that the government of the Philippines has requested the three a...
Farmers, experts and development partners agree that training and capacity building are urgently needed to support efforts for improved rural production and raising livelihoods of families affected by the May 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan prov...
Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to preliminary estimates published by FAO today. This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the world to 963 million, comp...
Highlights
High-Level Conference on World Food Security
3-5 June: Securing world food security in light of climate change impact may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century... >>
Soaring Food Prices
In response to high food prices, FAO launched the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices to help the most affected countries boost agricultural production in the next planting seasons... >>
Avian Influenza Programme
With the emerging crisis of avian influenza, FAO established the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)... >>
Crisis Management Centre for Animal Health
Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains an unparalleled international crisis. Other animal diseases also present cause for alarm... >>
3-5 June: Securing world food security in light of climate change impact may be one of the biggest challenges we face in this century... 
In response to high food prices, FAO launched the Initiative on Soaring Food Prices to help the most affected countries boost agricultural production in the next planting seasons... 
With the emerging crisis of avian influenza, FAO established the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD)... 
Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains an unparalleled international crisis. Other animal diseases also present cause for alarm... 