ROME -  A new United Nations global action programme launched today at FAO seeks to address pressing challenges related to food security, nutrition and the impacts of climate change facing the worl

 ROME –  As the FAO 40th annual Conference opened Monday, FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva is believed to be bolstering support from member countries b

ROME --  Professional staff at the Food and Agriculture Organisation are considering protesting at the upcoming FAO Conference to dramatise a “systematic erosion of conditions of service” and a “ne

ROME – The World Food Programme Executive Director, David Beasley, says he “would probably sleep in a tent” rather than live in a lavish villa of the kind enjoyed by some other United Nations food

ROME — WFP Executive Director David Beasley has told his predecessor Catherine Bertini he expects to follow “all but one” of 10 recommendations she made for cost savings

ROME — World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley has called an all staff meeting of the UN agency at headquarters Tuesday in an evident effort to bolster fla

ROME- The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has denied forging a partnership with controversial bank Wells Fargo, after the American financial services company quoted an IFAD o

ROME- A report by IFAD shows migrants send home 51 percent more money than they did a decade ago, lifting millions of people out of poverty in international communities.

ROME- The World Refugee Day, an annual event established by the United Nations General Assembly, is celebrated June 20, with the aim of raising public awarene

ROME –  Controversial former IFAD president Kanayo Nwanze has been hired by FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva to drum up support in Africa as a goodwill ambassador for the Brazilian agron

ROME – FAO supremo José Graziano da Silva is seeking to consolidate his vice-like grip on the UN agency by backing the candidature of veteran Pakistani hungercrat Khalid 'booby' Mehboob as 'Indepen

ROME— The International Fund for Agriculural Development IFAD has defended its controversial investment in Oil Palm Uganda Ltd, a project backed by the Ugandan government in the highly diverse Buga

ROME – The FAO Commissary store became unprofitable, paving the way for its imminent closure, after the Italian Government cracked down on employees at the UN agency bartering tax-free petrol coupo

 TAORMINA—  World leaders left the G7 summit frustrated after failing to persuade U.S President, Donald Trump, to commit to Paris climate change accord, while Italy were disappointed by the lack of

ROME – The FAO’s hallowed “Commissary” tax free store for employees is to close as part of budget cuts requested by Director General José Graziano da Silva, FAO sources say.

 ROME-- Representatives from the FAO and WFP outlined the famine crisis gripping parts of Africa and Asia, which is considered 'one of the largest food crises in 70 years,' according to the press p

LIMA—Peruvian congressman, Héctor Becerril, has commented on the resignation of former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia from her position as Head of the Geneva Liason Office at the FAO, describin

 LIMA -- Former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia has resigned from her post as head of the Geneva liason office of the FAO, saying that her judicial woes in her homeland prevent her taking up the

LIMA—Peruvian news agency, Peru21, reported Tuesday that former first lady of Peru, Nadine Heredia, is still on the payroll of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), despite months of ongo

 GENEVA -- "Across Yemen, hunger and malnutrition have reached unprecedented levels and the threat of famine looms large.

ROME – As if defending WFP’s budget were not enough, new Executive DIrector David Beasley may order a review of security at the UN agency’s headquarters following reports that the commute to the lo