Launch of new online hub brings together livestock data and tools to support early warning, preparedness and decision-making… Press release… September, 2026… Rome – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General QU Dongyu opened the Global Conference for Actions on One Health in Agrifood Systems today highlighting …
Read More »Türkiye puts forward UN FAO leader candidate with global food security vision!
September, 2026… World produces food for 11 billion, but hundreds of millions still go hungry amid systemic distribution failures, while food is weaponized in places like Gaza, where people die of hunger, Turkish nominee Mehdi Eker says… NEW YORK / ISTANBUL… Türkiye’s nominee for director-general of the UN Food and …
Read More »FAO and UNEP to mark International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste…
Press release… September, 2026… Hybrid event at FAO headquarters, Rome (Italy) and online | 29 September 2026, 12:30–14:00 CEST… The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will mark the seventh International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on …
Read More »Qu Dongyu: We can make use of AI, but we cannot eat AI
FAO Director-General calls for science and technology to bridge digital, rural and gender divides… QU Dongyu lauds Asia-Pacific’s progress on food security while calling for science and innovation to tackle persistent hunger, unaffordable healthy diets and rural inequalities September, 2026… Press release… Hangzhou, China/Rome – The Asia-Pacific region must place science, …
Read More »“Innovation must reach farmers!”
QU Dongyu spoke at the International Horticultural Congress in Japan underscoring the need for investment, innovation and stronger policies to boost the sector August 2026… Press release… Kyoto, Japan/Rome – Agriculture must move beyond a primary focus on producing sufficient quantities of food and place greater emphasis on providing the …
Read More »Qu Dongyu: Unlocking horticulture’s potential is key to transforming agrifood systems and delivering healthy diets for all
August 2026… Press release… QU Dongyu spoke at the International Horticultural Congress in Japan underscoring the need for investment, innovation and stronger policies to boost the sector… Kyoto, Japan/Rome – Agriculture must move beyond a primary focus on producing sufficient quantities of food and place greater emphasis on providing the …
Read More »FAO Chief Economist Torero: Farmers’ first response to record El Niño is cutting inputs, not buying more
August 2026… The El Niño event in the equatorial Pacific strengthened through June and July 2026 and several meteorological agencies assess it could become the strongest in roughly 150 years, peaking in the autumn–winter and decaying through mid-2027. Grain futures have moved ahead of any confirmed losses: in July, wheat …
Read More »Global food prices hit 3.5-year high in July…
August 2026… Rome – The benchmark measure of world food commodity prices edged up in July, as recent heatwaves and energy price dynamics pushed up quotations for cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to new data released Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO Food Price Index, …
Read More »Food inflation can be ‘cooled down’ by the cold chain…
August 2026… According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 526 million tonnes of food are wasted every year due to inadequate refrigeration. In Türkiye, the annual food loss is estimated to be between 12-15 million tonnes. Food experts state that a cold chain that operates uninterrupted from …
Read More »FAO’s Global Plan of Action for Sustainable Livestock Transformation is approved…
Press release… July 2026… Members adopt framework to address the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability… Rome – A key global plan for the livestock sector developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) won approval today as Members of the 30th Session of FAO’s Committee on …
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THE GLOBAL WINDOW OF TURKISH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE The Global Window of Turkish Food and Agriculture Sector
