# FAO

Forest loss slows globally as sustainable management grows

World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic and logistical impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities.

Beyond the COVID-19 health emergency, a recession looms, and countries ought to take measures now to soften the longer-term impacts on hunger and food insecurity, a new FAO policy brief says.

In this interview, we speak with Mike Robson, FAO Representative in Syria about the COVID-19 pandemic and what it could mean for a country such as Syria, which is on a long road to recovery after nine years of crisis.

Οι χώρες πρέπει να ενώσουν τις δυνάμεις τους για να αποτρέψουν μια παγκόσμια επισιτιστική κρίση από το COVID-19.

Ο Maximo Torero, επικεφαλής οικονομολόγος και βοηθός γενικός διευθυντής του Τμήματος Οικονομικής και Κοινωνικής Ανάπτυξης του FAO, αναφέρει ότι ο οργανισμός μόλις αύξησε τη διάθεσή του για τη στήριξη της ανάπτυξης ικανοτήτων για Ιρανούς εμπειρογνώμονες.

New report presents the main regional consequences caused by the five types of the climate pattern

Annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition published today

Contribution will help to scale up detection and containment of locusts

Regional body and UN agency join forces to minimize lockdown’s impact on continent where one in five goes hungry

Supporting smallholder farmers through technological innovation