Promoting biodiversity across all agricultural sectors ‘fundamental’ — FAO chief

Changing how countries across the world produce food is “fundamental” to protecting the future of the Earth’s ecosystem, said the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2018/05/1010891
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FAO warns 90 per cent of Earth’s topsoil at risk by 2050 

27 Jul 2022

A full 90 per cent of the Earth’s precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. 

Act now to stamp out child labour by 2025: FAO chief

02 Nov 2021

Effective action and strong leadership are essential to end child labour by 2025, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.

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Asia-Pacific: ‘Call to action’ highlights role of family farmers amidst COVID-19 pandemic

29 Jul 2020

Although hundreds of millions of smallholder family farmers in Asia-Pacific produce a majority of the world’s food, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a disproportionate impact on their livelihoods, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).