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

ROME – The judge in the trial of Italian Insider’s chief editor for alleged criminal defamation of the FAO and four of its executives this week postponed hearing of the case until Dec. 21.

LIMA—Former First Lady of Peru, Nadine Heredia, has presented her appeal before the Peruvian Judicial Powers in which she requests her diaries are excluded from the judicial process related to the

ROME – WFP Executive Director David Beasley was having his first face to face meeting Wednesday with staff at agency headquarters, updating them on UN dignitaries he has met recently before arrivin

ROME – FAO DIrector General José Graziano da Silva asked for a “bilateral meeting” with then U.S. President Barack Obama last year, a letter to the U.S.

 ROME – Newly appointed WFP Executive Director David Beasley has engaged with his staff from day one in the job by sending staff a letter outlining his efforts to defend U.S.

 ROME-- The Prince of Wales visited the FAO on Wednesday, where he was briefed on the major hunger crises affecting northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, topping off his whistle-sto

 ROME-- Gilbert F Houngbo, starting his term as the sixth President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on Monday, outlined his aim of guaranteeing that young people from

ROME – As Kanayo Nwanze cleared his desk at IFAD this week, questions have been raised over the award of the dlrs 100,000 Africa Food Prize to the head of the UN agency by the African Green Revolut

 ROME -- With overbearing IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze ending his second and final term at the UN agency Friday, staff were counting the hours to the end of his reign of terror with many planning t