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UNITED NATIONS

F A O

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

16 October 1945 - 16 October 2022

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FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu calls for “urgent change to transform food system.”

C o u r t e s y ,

http://www.fao.org/home/en/

What is . . . FAO?

“The FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] of the United Nations leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. We help developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices and ensure good nutrition for all.

Since our founding in 1945, we have focused special attention on developing rural areas, home to 70 percent of the world's poor and hungry people.“

Text Courtesy, FAO

Special Announcement: 2023

Acute food insecurity soars driven by conflicts, extreme weather events, rising food prices.

In 2023, FAO will require $1.9 billion to reach 48 million people with life-saving and livelihood assistance.

Courtesy, FAO/Richard Trenchard

With less than 4 percent of the of the $51.5 billion required across all appeals for 2023, FAO can provide time-critical livelihoods assistance to almost 50 million most vulnerable people

Learn more on the following web page:

https://www.fao.org/newsroom/detail/in-2023-fao-requires-1.9billion-to-reach-48-million-people-with-life-saving-and-livelihood-assistance/en

Learn more about international

efforts to defeat hunger

and the

"State of Food Security and

Nutrition in the World"

SOFI - 2022

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https://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/2022/en/

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

SAVE THE DATES: 17 - 21 October 2022

Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization

of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy.

https://www.world-food-forum.org/

**Special Announcement!**

Celebrating World Bee Day!

May 20, 2022

The Diversity of Bees and Beekeeping Systems

Courtesy, United Nations / FAO

Learn more on the following web page:

https://www.fao.org/world-bee-day/en/

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Does "Agriculture" have anything to

do with "Food Systems?"

YES!

PRE-SUMMIT:

UN FOOD SYSTEMS SUMMIT 2021

A Bold Ambition to Improve Food Systems

Rome, Italy: 26 - 28 July 2021

"The Pre-Summit of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) will set the stage for the culminating global event in September 2021 by bringing together diverse actors from around the world to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). . . Through the Pre-Summit, the UN Food Systems Summit will reaffirm its commitment to promote human rights for all and ensure the most marginalised groups have an opportunity to participate in, contribute to and benefit from the Summit process. . . "

Text / Images Courtesy, UN

Learn more on the following web pages:

https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit

https://sdg2advocacyhub.org/actions/un-food-systems-summit-2021

EMERGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

East African countries better prepared,

but desert locust threat ‘not over’

January 19, 2021

Courtesy, UN - FAO

"Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain

operations against new incursions, . . . "

- FAO -

Learn more on the following web pages: