ROME -- Flamboyant Finnish FAO Forestry department director Tiina Vahanen has raised eyebrows at the UN agency after she allegedly hired an unqualified trainer and

 ROME -- Following the recent declarations of Phil Hogan, European Agriculture Commissioner, announcing his plan to allocate 15 million dollars a year to promote meat consumption in Europe, plus an

ROME – Donald Trump’s election throws into question World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin’s candidature for re-appointment to a second term at the head of the humanitarian agency

ROME — The judge in the trial of Italian Insider’s chief editor for alleged defamation has called on FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva to appear in court in Ap

 BEIRUT -- “One day history shall recall that men came from far away to bring peace and to protect our children.” Of course, the occasion is official and passionate spee

 ROME — FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva ordered the UN agency’s Washington office to ‘doctor’ a video of the Brazilia

ROME — World Food Programme executive director Ertharin Cousin is expected to backpedal on implementation of new UN rules allowing staff to postpone retirement up to age

 ROME -- The heads of the Rome-based food and agriculture agencies thanked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his personal commitment and leadership in challenging the world to reach

ROME -- Indian diplomat Vimlendra Sharan has been offered the job of heading the FAO’s Washington liason office, meaning that the post would be held for the first time in recent memory by someone f

ROME — The United States has become the country with the greatest under-representation of professional staff members at the FAO despite being the biggest contributor to

 WASHINGTON — FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva was due to meet with the head of the Mars corporation Thursday to discus

ROME – The U.S. Congress is stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to remedy the erosion of U.S.

 ROME – The environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth has called for the International Fund for International Development (IFAD) to be abolished because of the UN agency’s financing of a la

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 ROME -- Fifty NGOs working in Venezuela have appealed to the Food and Agriculture Organisation and other U.N.

Dear Sir, Thanks for following and informing on inconsistencies related to management of human resources in FAO. While in many cases the mobility policy is strengthening FAO´s capacities in decentr

ROME – The FAO’s internal process of recruitment/promotion of General Service staff has become “a joke” since the fun-loving deputy chef de cabinet, Rakesh Muthoo, took charge of hiring decisions,

TRIPOLI — Italy has sent special forces into Libya for the first time with the aim of “training, conditioning and supporting” sol

ROME — The first version of the hallowed FAO 70th year book was among the documents that had to be destroyed and re-written from scratch due to the poor language skills

SIGONELLA — The Italian Prime Minister has said he will consider any request from the USA to use the Sicilian air base of Sigonella for its attacks on the ISIS stronghol

ROME — The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Wednesday that plans for post-ebola recovery 

 ROME – While shameless croneyism is endemic in the FAO’s bloated, Spanish-run communications division, the Partnerships Division at the tro

ROME -- Palazzo Chigi's official photographer was too quick for FAO honcho Mario Lubetkin (right) in this snap of those participating at a meeting between a suntanned Italian Prime Minister Matteo