Much More Than Trees: Forests are Key to Sustainable Development
This is a guest post by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Good news is being delivered this week at the World Forestry Congress in Durban,...
View ArticleTackling Climate Change and Fighting Hunger Should Go Hand-in-Hand
The COP 21 climate conference, to be held in Paris in the aftermath of the recent barbarian acts of terrorism, is a fresh opportunity for the international community to come together and show its...
View ArticleLivestock Diversity is Crucial for Future Food Security on a Harsher Planet
Our livestock is increasingly being raised indoors and fed on concentrate feed that is often imported.Intensive production of chickens, pigs and dairy cows is based on a few breeds worldwide. These...
View ArticleNo Landing, No Pirates: Port State Measures Agreement Can Sink Illegal Fishing
Last year, roughly one of every six fish sold around the world was caught illegally. That number is now poised to drop precipitously, thanks to the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), the world’s...
View ArticleSustainable agriculture deserves center stage in Marrakech
Agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, is the sector most threatened by climate change. At the same time, the agricultural sectors produce a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The...
View ArticleStatistics: The Challenges of Monitoring the 2030 Agenda
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks the eradication of poverty and hunger and to which all countries have pledged to implement, requires a sweeping paradigm shift on several...
View ArticleBuilding Resilient Rural Livelihoods is Key to Helping Yemen
People in Yemen are currently suffering from the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. More than 17 million people around Yemen’s rugged landscape are acutely food insecure, and the figure is likely to...
View ArticleSaving Lives and Livelihoods
This piece is a contribution by David Beasley, the U.N. World Food Programme Executive Director, and José Graziano Da Silva, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General. Starvation is...
View ArticleAgroecology: A Path to Sustainable Development
Since World War II, the availability of food per capita in the world has increased by about 40 percent. Today, there is sufficient food in the world to adequately feed everyone. The Green Revolution...
View ArticleOpinion | Amid Growing Hunger and Obesity, the Right to Food Needs a New...
Food is an entitlement, not a privilege—writes FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva. Although included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to food has not had the same...
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